Some Environmental Factors Affecting Health in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area, Ghana‪.‬

Abstract A healthy environment is a pro-requisite for physically healthy human beings. Existing relationships between society, the environment, and illness are quickly altered when rapid and radical environmental change occurs. Poverty and distress, aggravated by population growth and environmental degradation, create a climate in which disease thrives. Physical and mental health must be safeguarded as carefully as possible. Prevention is more important than cure as the foundation of good health. Development activities in the health sector can only have a sustainable effect if they are part of an integrated development perspective that combats the interconnected problems of population growth, poverty, and environmental degradation. This paper examines the case of health and environmental factors in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA), Ghana.