Other Points of Attention

In table below the top 20 causes of death in Ghana is displayed.

http://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/ghana-road-traffic-accidents

Of course because we will only be staying in Ghana for three months, many of these threats do not apply to us. Nevertheless, there are some causes in the list that are also to us a treat. One of these treatments is malaria. We will travel a lot to rural areas, where there are a lot of mosquitoes that can transmit malaria. In order to prevent malaria, we will all be using anti-malaria pills. These mosquitoes are especially active after sunset. This means that after sunset it is important to wear covering clothes and use mosquito repellent. But also during daytime there is the treatment of mosquitoes, because then the dengue mosquitoes are especially active. Therefore, also during daytime there will be used a mosquito repellent lotion.

For the largest part, Ghana has escaped the civil strife that other African countries are dealing with.  Nevertheless, in the year 1994/1995 there was a lot of ethic violence in the north, where 1000 people died (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-13433790). We will not be traveling to the north and besides that, the violence was a long time ago. This means this is not a very big concern for us.

In the top 20 of threats, you also see that road traffic accidents are a high ranked cause of death in Ghana. According to the latest WHO data in 2014, traffic accidents reached 5540 (which is almost 3%) of the total deaths in Ghana. Therefore, it is important that we won’t drive ourselves in Ghana, but always arrange our transport via KITA or use the public transport (http://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/ghana-road-traffic-accidents).

In the risk table below, every threat has been analyzed and given a likelihood chance (how big is the chance this treat occurs on a scale from 1 to 5), the impact (how big are the consequences on a scale from 1 to 5) and thus the consolidated risk. In our extensive safety and security plan, you can find our contingency plan and further details about how we will deal with these risks.