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Dizengoff trains hoteliers on pest control

Dizengoff Ghana Limited (DWA) organised a public health training seminar for  hotel managers, maintenance directors and the leading staff of some other hospitality service providers in Accra on the various mechanisms required to control pests on their premises. 

The seminar also focused on some innovative methods for  fighting malaria.

The training exposed the participants, who included members of the registered pest controllers association, to the right chemicals needed to control pests in residential buildings and offices.

 About 100 people participated in the training, which focused on the safety precautions in spraying, the right chemical identification, and the minimisation of the impact of the chemicals on human lives and the environment while spraying.

 The Commercial Manager of DWA’s Agriculture Division, Mr Boaz Yagel Ziegelboim, told the Daily Graphic after the training that it was part of Dizengoff’s commitment to introducing safer and modern techniques of pest and disease control to the Ghanaian public. 

While noting that most pest and disease vectors such as mosquitoes could be controlled “easily through effective spraying,” Mr Ziegelboim said people needed to be more careful with the chemicals used, given the health implications. 

 “We’ve realised that most fumigations are not done with the right chemicals, and that is a concern for us. If people use the wrong chemicals, human lives and property will definitely be at stake,” he said, explaining that such happenings motivated the company to share its expertise with people in the industry.

The Co-ordinator of Public Health at DWA, Ms Magdalene Akposoe, advised public and private institutions to always go for recognised fumigators given the increasing number of people parading as such. 

Ms Akposoe added that DWA’s spraying team was always willing to assist people in need and thus called on those interested in such services not to hesitate to  contact them for help.

Mr Ziegelboim explained that DWA has, over the years, accumulated expertise and developed products and services for the country’s public health sector. 

Such products – most of which are targeted at vectors, pests, insects and other organisms in homes and offices – are patronised countrywide due to their effectiveness. 


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