The Minority in Parliament is calling for the Ghana Health Service (GHS) leadership to be summoned over the recurring outbreaks of Cerebrospinal Meningitis in the country.

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This appeal follows a statement by Dr. Sebastian Sandaare, MP for Daffiama Bussie Issa, who informed Parliament that 14 deaths have been recorded from 60 suspected cases in the Upper West Region in 2025.

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Responding to the report, Minority Chief Whip Frank Annoh-Dompreh decried the fact that such preventable illnesses continue to claim lives and urged the Ghana Health Service to appear before Parliament to outline measures being implemented to curb the outbreak.

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“The leadership of the Ghana Health Service should come and tell us why this matter is where it is. In this time and age, we can’t allow such basic aliments to take lives. Interestingly, the Upper East shares a border with the Upper West. And if we’re not careful, it will result in a calamity.

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“This is an ailment that is taking the lives of people, innocent Ghanaians. And that part of the world, statistics have shown that poverty is so pronounced so they may not even have the wherewithal to procure the vaccines.”

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The First Deputy Speaker, Bernard Ahiafor, meanwhile, suggested various strategies for the Ghana Health Service to implement to contain the spread of the disease.

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“The Ministry of Health should take immediate action to create awareness, conduct contact tracing, intensify provision of medical care to the affected victims and consider the establishment of the public health emergency fund.”

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