New Takoradi, a fishing community within the Sekondi - Takoradi Metropolitan area, is noted for the outbreak of cholera and
other communicable diseases due to the low level of public hygiene.
The study, published Wednesday in Psychological Science in the Public Interest, a journal of the Association of Psychological Science, comes at a time when outbreaks of influenza and
other communicable diseases are cropping up with seemingly increased frequency.
Just as this group of people would need to take precautions against
any other communicable disease, so too could kennel cough pose a very serious risk for them.
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other communicable diseases and carious protocols available and serve as communicable disease consultant to other health care providers and institutions.