National Sanitation Day (Ghana)

National Sanitation Day is a voluntary community cleanup observance held on the first Saturday of every month across Ghana, declared by the Government of Ghana on 1 November 2014 in response to that year's cholera outbreak and overseen by the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development. The observance is designed to reduce the unsanitary conditions that breed disease and cause injury, drawing on coordinated community-wide participation in waste management and cleanup activities across the country. A bill was sent to Ghana's parliament that would have allowed prosecution of individuals who refused to participate, representing Ghana's institutional response to public health challenges through regular, coordinated community action on sanitation.