Heads of educational institutions have been asked to insist that cooks and other persons who handle food in schools are medically screened and presented with certificates.
Mr Akanaba Paul Abaa, Kumasi Metropolitan Environmental Health Officer, who made the call, explained that the measure would help prevent cooks from transmitting diseases to school children.
He was speaking at the inauguration of 18-seater aqua-privy toilet, two chamber urinal and 400 litre poly tank, costing GH¢ 16,000 for Bohyen M/A Primary School in Kumasi.
The facilities were provided by Nana Owusuaa Mprengo II, Queen of Bohyen, a suburb of Kumasi, with assistance from her friends in Germany.
Mr Abaa advised parents and teachers to ensure that children wash their hands with soap after visiting the toilet.
He said the provision of the facilities had become necessary because about 80 per cent of illnesses reported at the out-patient department of the nation's health facilities were environmentally related and preventable.
Nana Mprengo also presented 400 cakes of toilet soap, sweeping and scrubbing brushes to the school and said her vision has been to support children and the needy in society.
She pledged to sustain her support for the school and appealed to other individuals and organisations to assist educational institutions.
Mr Kwesi Esson Nunoo, Bantama, Kumasi Sub-metropolitan Education Officer, called on teachers and parents to collaborate towards the development of the school.
He appealed for assistance to enable the school build more classrooms to end the shift system, acquire computers and build a wall around the school land to prevent encroachment by private developers.
Madam Lydia Osei Yeboah, headteacher of the school, thanked Nana Mprengo and her friends for their contributions to the development of the school.
Assembly member for the area, Mr Alhassan Napo donated a wheel chair to a disabled class one pupil of the school.