Hygiene, Quality Encouraged

The practice said to be having potentials for economic gains was discussed in Douala over the week-end.

Good hygiene and quality in workplaces have been described as necessary for the promotion of economic growth in the country. The Director of Hygiene and Sanitation in the Ministry of Public Health, Blaise Laurent Manga, made the revelation in Douala while speaking on "Quality of hygiene: Impact on the profitability of enterprise" during the 2012 Quality Day organised by Beryo International celebrated on May 10.

The statement followed the presentation of a survey carried out in a local enterprise, indicating that malaria accounts for 50 per cent of consultations, 28 per cent absenteeism from work, 35 per cent cost of treatment annually. After hygiene was ensured and service quality improved, malaria reduced to 22 per cent consultations, 15 per cent absenteeism from work and 13 per cent cost of treatment annually the next year. According to a World Health Organisation's statistics, quoted during a conference to present the Beryo's International Standard Organisation (ISO) 9001:2008, 88 per cent deaths impute to diarrhoea due to poor or no practice of hygienic habits.

The conference, whose theme was "Hygiene and quality in Cameroon: What impact on the enterprise" was moderated by Dieudonne Tietse, General Manager of Pan African Engineering Services (PANESS). The Quality Day culminated with the 10th anniversary of Beryo, whose main activities are pest control, fumigation, drainage of septic tanks and industrial cleaning, and whose mission is to preserve human health by environmental solutions.

The General Manager of Beryo International, Bernard Yossa, said ISO 9001:2008, received in December 2011, was in recognition of quality services provision.

The practice said to be having potentials for economic gains was discussed in Douala over the week-end.

Good hygiene and quality in workplaces have been described as necessary for the promotion of economic growth in the country. The Director of Hygiene and Sanitation in the Ministry of Public Health, Blaise Laurent Manga, made the revelation in Douala while speaking on "Quality of hygiene: Impact on the profitability of enterprise" during the 2012 Quality Day organised by Beryo International celebrated on May 10.

The statement followed the presentation of a survey carried out in a local enterprise, indicating that malaria accounts for 50 per cent of consultations, 28 per cent absenteeism from work, 35 per cent cost of treatment annually. After hygiene was ensured and service quality improved, malaria reduced to 22 per cent consultations, 15 per cent absenteeism from work and 13 per cent cost of treatment annually the next year. According to a World Health Organisation's statistics, quoted during a conference to present the Beryo's International Standard Organisation (ISO) 9001:2008, 88 per cent deaths impute to diarrhoea due to poor or no practice of hygienic habits.

The conference, whose theme was "Hygiene and quality in Cameroon: What impact on the enterprise" was moderated by Dieudonne Tietse, General Manager of Pan African Engineering Services (PANESS). The Quality Day culminated with the 10th anniversary of Beryo, whose main activities are pest control, fumigation, drainage of septic tanks and industrial cleaning, and whose mission is to preserve human health by environmental solutions.

The General Manager of Beryo International, Bernard Yossa, said ISO 9001:2008, received in December 2011, was in recognition of quality services provision.