DREDGING OF DRAIN AT ZONGO

The Environmental Health and Sanitation Unit conducted a dredging exercise on 26th April 2024 to improve sanitary conditions in the municipality. The exercise involved removing filth and silt from a stream near Zongo Railway Quarters, aiming to prevent flooding during the rainy season. The dredging process involved mechanical and manual methods, with the dredged materials […]

UNVEILING OF WASTE MANAGEMENT TRUCK

The Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal Assembly unveiled a brand new refuse truck on Thursday, March 14, 2024, at the Assembly’s forecourt in Ahwetieso. The truck was presented to the Assembly by Zoomlion Ghana Limited in conjunction with the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development for the purposes of providing better sanitation and waste management in the […]

MATRICULATION CEREMONY OF TARKWA NURSING AND MIDWIFERY TRAINING COLLEGE

Hon. Benjamin Kessie, Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal Chief Executive joined the Tarkwa Nursing and Midwifery College on Friday 19th May 2023 to celebrate the matriculation ceremony for their first-year students at the college’s quadrangle. In his speech, he pledged to support them with an amount of GH¢ 5,000 and urged the matriculants to abide by the rules […]

REPORT ON CLEAN UP EXERCISE (OPERATION CLEAN YOUR FRONTAGE) FOR FIRST QUARTER 2023 

Saturdays and Sundays at every week were earmarked for the operation clean your frontage exercise in all the Electoral areas within the Municipality. The Environmental Health and Sanitation Unit together with the various Assembly members from the various communities join the opinion leaders, Unit committee member and the community members as schedule for the exercise. […]

RADIO SENSITIZATION PROGRAMME ON ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

The radio program emphasized the need for household toilet construction to improve sanitation and general sanitation issues within the Municipality. In order to ensure monitoring the observance of environmental standards within the municipality, the Unit undertakes education on noise pollution and control, smoke nuisance and illegal mining on radio programmes. During routine premises inspection (house […]

ENVIRONMENTAL ENHANCEMENT PROGRAMES UNDERTAKEN BY ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH UNIT

In order to ensure monitoring the observance of environmental standards within the municipality, the Environmental Health Unit undertook education on noise pollution and control, smoke nuisance and illegal mining on radio programmes. During routine premises inspection (house to house inspection) officers identified smoke nuisance issues in Tarkwa behind Trinity hotel and together with EPA collected […]

STORM WATER DRAINAGE AND CLEANSING OF ALL PUBLIC PLACES (Central Business District)

The Environmental Health Unit has undertaken public cleansing services to maintain clean environment within the municipality. This extended to all facilities used by the general public e.g. the lorry parks, the markets, streets and the drains. The unit has also partnered the respective Assembly members in the various electoral areas to undertake regular cleanup exercises […]

FOOD HANDLER’S SCREENING AND REGISTRATION EXERCISE

During the 2nd Quarter of the year 2022, The Environmental health unit registered and medically examined 689 food handlers.  NO. SCREENED WITH DISEASE CONDITION(S) AND TREATED HEPATITIS A TYPHIOD FEVER HELMINTH INFESTATION  OTHERS TOTALS 4 27 12   43   REGISTRATION AND SCREENING EXERCISE OF FOOD HANDLERS Related Images: