{"id":762957,"date":"2019-12-11T16:41:23","date_gmt":"2019-12-11T16:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/12\/11\/epa-to-begin-daily-air-quality-broadcast\/"},"modified":"2019-12-11T16:41:23","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T16:41:23","slug":"epa-to-begin-daily-air-quality-broadcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/12\/11\/epa-to-begin-daily-air-quality-broadcast\/","title":{"rendered":"EPA To Begin Daily Air Quality Broadcast"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

\n

Emmanuel Appoh<\/strong><\/p>\n

The
\nEnvironmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced that it will soon begin a daily
\nbroadcast of air quality in the Accra metropolis.<\/p>\n

The
\nmove, according to EPA, is in line with activities to make urban centres free
\nof air pollution.<\/p>\n

The
\nChief Programme Officer of the environmental quality department of the EPA,
\nEmmanuel Appoh, who disclosed this to journalists, said a memorandum of
\nunderstanding (MoU) had been signed between the agency and the World Bank for
\nthe daily broadcast of air quality to take off smoothly.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe
\nlow cost air monitors that will be positioned in various areas of the city to
\nmonitor the air quality will be in the country by May and the project will
\nstart in June 2020,\u201d he disclosed.<\/p>\n

Mr.
\nAppoh was speaking at a media sensitization workshop on improved air quality
\nand health in Accra organized by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), with
\nsupport from the World Health Organization (WHO), as part of the Urban Health
\nInitiative (UHI).<\/p>\n

He
\nsaid Ghana has an annual mean concentration of 31.1 ug\/m3<\/sup> of
\nparticle matter of air pollutants compared with the WHO annual recommended
\nguideline of 10 ug\/m3<\/sup>.\u00a0 <\/sup><\/p>\n

In
\nGhana, the WHO estimates that 28,000 people die annually as a result of air
\npollution related diseases. The urban health initiative, therefore, aims to
\nreduce death and diseases caused by air and climate pollutants and also to help
\ncities reap the benefits of policies and measures that tackle air and climate pollution.<\/p>\n

Comfort
\nM. Kugblenu, Deputy Director of Nursing Services (DDNS) of the Public Health
\nDivision of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), said diseases resulting from
\npollution were estimated to cost Ghana between $226 million and $3000 million
\nin 2015 due to lost productivity.<\/p>\n

She
\nsaid the impact of air pollution also affects children even those unborn when
\nthey are exposed to unsafe levels of pollution.<\/p>\n

Mr.
\nGordon Dakuu, explaining the UHI, said it is to equip the sector with the
\ncapacity and tools to demonstrate to the public and decision-makers the full
\nrange of health and climate benefits that can be achieved from implementing
\nlocal emission reduction policies and strategies.<\/p>\n

By Jamila Akweley Okertchiri & Mary Asieduwaa<\/strong> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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