Ghana: 2016 Meningitis

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Source: http://citifmonline.com/2016/02/02/w...le-meningitis/


WHO team arrive in Ghana this week to help tackle meningitis
Tuesday 2nd February , 2016 3:00 pm

A team of officials from the World Health Organization (WHO) are expected to arrive in the country this week, to help the Health Ministry and the Ghana Health Service deal with the deadly pneumococcal meningitis.

Head of Disease Surveillance at the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Franklin Asiedu Bekoe, in an interview said although they are doing their best to curb the spread of the disease, external help is needed...

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Source: http://citifmonline.com/2016/02/03/m...alth-director/

Meningitis cases reduce in Bole ? Health director
Wednesday 3rd February , 2016 4:30 pm

The Bole District Health Directorate says the number of cases of the deadly of pneumococcal meningitis disease, have reduced drastically in the area.

According to them, they have not recorded any case since January 31, 2016.

The Bole District since the beginning of the year, recorded 23 suspected cases of different strain of meningitis out of which 12 tested positive while six persons lost their lives.

The Bole District Health Director, Bumawura Ewutomah Mahama, told the Minister of Health, Alex Segbefia, who paid a visit to some areas affected by the disease, that the reduction is as a result of an intensive education drive...

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Source: http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePag...ath-Ada-412641

Wednesday, 3 February 2016
Source: GNA
Ada East records meningitis death Ada

The Ada East District Hospital has recorded one death from meningitis after diagnosing two suspected cases.

Dr. Philip Narh, Medical Superintendent of the Hospital confirming this to the Ghana News Agency at Ada in the Greater Accra Region, said when the test was conducted on the two suspected persons, one proved positive to the meningitis bacteria while the other was negative.

Dr. Narh said although the examination done immediately revealed the disease, they could not tell which type of meningitis it was because the facility does not have the equipment to carry out further test and the sample taken, had to be sent to a reference point...

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Source: http://www.newsghana.com.gh/85-peopl...ngitis-attack/


85 people died from Meningitis attack
Health Minister Alex Segbefia has confirmed to Parliament that 85 people have died through various strains of meningitis, and the recent incidence has stricken 456 people nationwide.
By Admin -
Feb 6, 2016

The Brong Ahafo Region has been the hardest hit part of the country, and the disease is raging in various forms: pneumococcal, cerebrospinal and meningococcal.

According to the Minister, the Ministry has intervened with a number of measures, including deploying a team to affected districts in the Brong Ahafo and Northern Regions with funds, antibiotics and technical support.

?Mr Speaker, this week together with the WHO Country representatives, I visited the Brong Ahafo and Northern Regions to assess the situation, provide more funds and 7,500 vials of antibiotics to health workers,? he told Parliament on Thursday...

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Source: http://citifmonline.com/2016/02/15/m...3-affects-549/

Meningitis death toll hits 93; affects 548
Monday 15th February , 2016 7:36 pm

The Ghana Health Service has revealed that eight more people have died as a result of the outbreak of meningitis in some parts of the country.

This brings the death toll to 93 with 548 suspected cases in all nine affected regions in the country...

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Source: http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePag...hes-100-418436


Wednesday, 24 February 2016
Source: Myjoyonline.com
Meningitis: Death toll reaches 100

Health Minister, Alex Segbefia is expected to brief Parliament?s Health Committee on the steps being taken to curtail the rise in deaths from meningitis Wednesday.

The death toll in the meningitis outbreak has hit a 100 with over 500 recorded cases so far. The Brong Ahafo region is the worst hit with at least two districts crossing the epidemic thresholds...

[Ronan Kelly]

Pneumococcal meningitis death toll rises to 27 by gina(): 08:27 On Jan 22, 2016
Media File Five more people have so far been confirmed dead in the Brong Ahafo region following an outbreak of Pneumococcal meningitis, taking the death toll to 27.

Over 60 people have also been hospitalized after they were infected with the deadly pneumococcal meningitis in the region.

Health experts in the area say the latest strain is more contagious and fatal than Cerebrospinal Meningitis.
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http://ghanaman.com/topic/pneumococcal-meningitis-death-toll-rises-to-27-1/#15031

See also Africa Meningitis 2016: 332 fatalities which gives a total of 687 cases with 60 fatalities in Ghana to Week 6. This is lagging behind news reports, but I will update that thread as more recent reports get released.

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Source: http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePag...-Region-422665

Friday, 11 March 2016
Source: Myjoyonline.com
Cerebrospinal meningitis kills 3 in Northern Region

Three persons have been killed by cerebrospinal meningitis - better know as CSM - at Bole in the Northern region, health authorities have said.

In total, about 30 CSM cases have been reported in the region - 14 at the Bole hospital and 16 at the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba polyclinic.

While no deaths were recorded at the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba polyclinic, three people lost their lives at the Bole hospital...

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Source: http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePag...-region-422996

Sunday, 13 March 2016
Source: Starrfmonline.com
CSM kills 18 in Northern region

Eighteen people have been confirmed dead in newly recorded cases of Cerebrospinal Meningitis (CSM) in two neighboring districts of the Northern region- Bole and Sawla-Tuna-Kalba.

The deaths have been recorded within a spate of three months, health officials in the region have confirmed.

106 more individuals have also been reportedly infected with the disease...

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Source: http://citifmonline.com/2016/03/14/m...apa-districts/

Meningitis update: Disease now an epidemic in Nadowli, Jirapa districts
Monday 14th March , 2016 7:06 pm

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has declared a meningitis epidemic in the Nadowli and Jirapa Districts of the Upper West Region.

Current statistics show that about 550 people have been infected by different strain of the disease including pneumococcal, meningococcal and Neisseria meningitis.

About one hundred people have so far died.

The Upper West alone has recorded over 50 cases with more than 15 deaths...

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Source: http://www.newsghana.com.gh/four-peo...itis-in-lawra/


Four People Died Of Meningitis In Lawra
Four people are reported dead out of the nine who tested positive to the meningitis disease in the Lawra District of the Upper West Region in February.
By Admin -
Apr 3, 2016

In all, the District recorded twenty-four suspected cases of meningitis; however, the Lawra District Directorate of Health say the situation has not reached an epidemic level and public sensitization on the disease was currently ongoing.
Cerebro Spinal Meningitis
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Dr Musheibu Mohammed Alfa, Deputy Upper West Regional Minister and Acting Lawra District Chief Executive (DCE), said this during the first ordinary meeting of the Assembly...

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Source: http://www.businessghana.com/portal/...News&id=209962

Meningitis kills four in the Lawra District
News Date: 4th April 2016

Four people are reported dead out of the nine who tested positive to the meningitis disease in the Lawra District of the Upper West Region in February.

In all, the District recorded twenty-four suspected cases of meningitis; however, the Lawra District Directorate of Health say the situation has not reached an epidemic level and public sensitization on the disease was currently ongoing...

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Source: http://www.newsghana.com.gh/93-menin...-far-in-ghana/


93 Meningitis Deaths Recorded So Far In Ghana
The number of Meningitis-related deaths since the outbreak of the disease is 93, out of 2,182 cases, Minister of Health Alex Segbefia has disclosed to journalists at a press briefing on Friday 15 April 2016.
By Admin -
Apr 15, 2016

Ghana is known for seasonal outbreaks of Cerebrospinal Meningitis from October to March, but different strains identified as Pneumococcus Meningitis and Meningococcal Meningitis have been responsible for a high number of deaths in the latest outbreak, which began late last year.
Cerebro Spinal Meningitis
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So far, 59 districts and nine regions have been affected.

The Minister noted that initially, six districts in the Brong Ahafo Region reached epidemic levels. The districts were Tain, Sene West, Wenchi, Techiman North, Nkoranza South, and Jaman North. In addition, three districts in the Upper West Region were also declared as epidemic zone. The districts included Jirapa, Nadowli and Nanton.

However, the districts have been cleared of their epidemic tags and no meningitis deaths have been recorded in the past month...

[Ronan Kelly]

Interesting. WHO is reporting 1,894 cases with 131 fatalities to Apr. 3 https://flutrackers.com/forum/forum/...749#post751749