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Clinical
Epidemiologist
Prof.
Fred
Binka
has
said
that
the
outbreak
of
dengue
fever
has
spread
to
the
Central
Region
of
Ghana.
Speaking
on
3FM’s
Hot
edition,
he
noted
that
surveillance
system
in
the
country
is
not
robust
enough
to
ensure
we
are
on
top
of
the
situation.
“The
disease
is
now
in
the
Central
Region
and
my
concern
is
that
we
don’t
have
a
robust
surveillance
system.
We
need
to
establish
the
density
of
the
mosquito
in
the
area
where
it
was
discovered
to
break
their
transmission
points,”
he
suggested
What
initially
appeared
like
fatigue
and
malaria
for
residents
in
the
Eastern
Region
has
become
the
nightmare
they
least
envisaged.
The
outbreak
of
the
Dengue
fever
caused
by
the
Aedes
mosquitoes
has
recorded
Eleven
11
cases
in
5
districts
of
the
Eastern
Region
from
103
samples
picked
up
with
57
more
samples
awaiting
confirmation
at
the
Noguchi
Memorial
Institute
for
Medical
Reaearch.
Patients
who
have
been
saddled
with
the
pains
of
recovering
from
the
disease
recount
their
challenging
recovery
journey
having
to
spend
days
at
Brenase
Polyclinic
where
most
of
them
are
undergoing
rigorous
treatment
to
combat
the
effects
of
dengue
fever.
The
increasing
presence
of
Aedes
mosquitoes
poses
a
severe
threat
to
farmers
in
the
five
agricultural
districts
with
the
dengue
fever
cases,
potentially
leading
to
food
security
crises
in
the
long
term.
With
the
cases
spreading
to
other
regions,
the
Clinical
Epidemiologist
is
proposing
that
health
authorities
be
ahead
of
the
disease.
GHS
declares
outbreak
of
dengue
fever,
confirms
9
cases
in
Eastern
Region