W.A.T.E.R. partners with Ghana Health Serivce, Sunyani Rotary, Rotary International, and Jubilee Foundation to Combat Buruli Ulcer

The Ghana Health Service, the Rotary Club of Sunyani, the George Fisher Jubilee Foundation and W.A.T.E.R. announced a joint effort to attack Buruli Ulcer at a Press Conference in Sunyani, Brong Ahafo Region, Ghana.  Present at the press conference were Dr. Edwin Ampadu, Ghana Health Service National Program Manager for Buruli Ulcer, Water Hughes, representing the George Fisher Jubilee Foundation and Rotary International, Samuel Obuor, President of the Sunyani Rotary Club and Jim Niquette, representing W.A.T.E.R.  The combined group intends to attack Buruli Ulcer with the same combination of surveillance, case treatment and provision of water and sanitation as has been so successful with guinea worm eradication in Ghana.  At the press conference the partners announced a $100,000 grant from the Rotary and a $70,000 grant from the Jubilee foundation.  Others partners are being sought for both the provision of boreholes, surveillance activities and the treatment of cases.

Learn more about Buruli Ulcer: WHO, Wikipedia.