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Religious leaders have been urged to step up hygiene education among their congregation to create awareness to prevent the spread of cholera and other communicable diseases. Mr Jonas Kwadjoe Amanu, Chief Environmental Health Technologist in-charge of Greater Accra Region, who made the call advised Christians and Muslims to continue to play collaborative roles in assisting health officers to maintain cleanliness. He said this at the close of a three-day cholera sensitisation programme sponsored by UNICEF in collaboration with Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development. It was held at the School of Hygiene, Korle Bu on the theme: �Cholera Control and Prevention, the Business of All.� Mr Amanu said it is important for members of the public to observe clean environmental practices in their communities and refrain from indiscriminate dumping of refuse and defecating in drains or open places. He said everyone owes it as a duty to keep their immediate surroundings clean. �Healthy environment and lifestyles must be encouraged and practiced in various communities,� he said and appealed to traditional rulers and opinion leaders to champion the crusade. The Health Technologist expressed the need for Ghanaians to take communal labour seriously to improve on sanitation. Mr Amanu appealed to chiefs and assembly members to play a major role in organising clean up exercises. He cautioned house owners to desist from the practice of constructing toilet facilities and discharging the human excreta into drains.