Ghana: 2016 Meningitis

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Source: http://pulse.com.gh/health/epidemic-...id4522944.html

Eight die over outbreak of pneumococcal meningitis
District health director for Tain, Dr. Michael Rockson Adjei said 30 people have so far been hospitalized after being infected with the deadly pneumococcal meningitis.
Published: 05.01.2016
Mildred Europa Taylor

Eight people have died in the Brong Ahafo region following an outbreak of Pneumococcal meningitis in the area.

Confirming the news to Accra-based Starr FM, District health director for Tain, Dr. Michael Rockson Adjei said 30 people have so far been hospitalized after being infected with the deadly pneumococcal meningitis.

He added that the affected are responding to treatment...

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Source: http://citifmonline.com/2016/01/07/h...w-fever-in-ba/


Health Ministry confirms outbreak of Meningitis, Yellow Fever in B/A
Thursday 7th January , 2016 5:26 pm

The Ministry of Health has confirmed an outbreak of Meningitis and Yellow Fever in some parts of the country.

A statement issued by the Ministry of Health indicated that these diseases are predominantly prevalent in the Tain and West Gonja districts in the Brong Ahafo Region and Northern regions respectively...

...Earlier reports suggested that eight people had been confirmed dead in the Brong Ahafo region, following an outbreak of Meningitis in the region but the Ministry in a statement debunked these reports insisting ?30 suspected cases with 7 deaths had so far been recorded.?

It further pointed out that a ?total of twelve (12) cases of yellow fever have been reported and three (3) have died as a result since the end of 2015.?...

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Source: http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePag...ingitis-406829

Monday, 11 January 2016
Source: Starrfmonline.com
B/A: One more dies of Pneumococcal Meningitis

One more person has died of the deadly Pneumococcal Meningitis in Wenchi in the Brong Ahafo region.

This brings to nine the total number of people killed by the disease within two weeks, Starr News' Brong Ahafo regional correspondent Michael Sarpong Mfum reports...

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Source: http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePag...ingitis-407199

Wednesday, 13 January 2016
Source: SUNCITY RADIO
More Die Of Pneumococcal Meningitis

Twelve people have so far died from the pneumococcal meningitis outbreak in the Brong Ahafo Region within the past two weeks. Eight died at Brohani in the Tain district while Wenchi has also recorded four deaths. Two others are receiving treatment at the Methodist Hospital at Wenchi...

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Source: http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePag...-now-15-408039


Friday, 15 January 2016
Source: classfmonline.com
Meningitis death toll now 15

The latest location to be hit by the deadly pneumococcal meningitis is Bole in the Northern Region where 5 persons have been reported dead out of 12 cases.

Prior to this, nine other persons had been reported dead in the Brong Ahafo region while the Ashanti region had lost one person due to the infection, which causes swelling of the protective tissue around the brain...

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Source: http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePag...in-Bole-407987

Friday, 15 January 2016
Source: Tv3network.com
Meningitis declared an epidemic in Bole

The Bole District in the Northern Region has declared the meningitis situation in the District as an epidemic.

The District has recorded 16 suspected cases, nine of which were confirmed and four dead.

Six patients out of the nine confirmed cases are alive and responding to treatment.

Laboratory investigations were, however, not completed for three other suspected cases...

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Source: http://citifmonline.com/2016/01/18/6...s-to-techiman/


6 more dead as Meningitis spreads to Techiman
Monday 18th January , 2016 5:16 pm

The Pneumococcal Meningitis disease which has so far killed nine people in Tain, Wenchi and Bruohan in the Brong Ahafo Region, has spread to Techiman, in the same region, killing 6 people there.

Health authorities in the region, confirmed this in an interview.

The Municipal Health Director for Techiman, Dr. Damien Punguyire, in an interview, confirmed there have been 18 cases of the cases with six deaths in Techiman North and South...

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Source: http://news.peacefmonline.com/pages/...601/267126.php


38 Meningitis Cases Recorded In Brong Ahafo
19-Jan-2016

Thirty-Eight cases of meningitis have so far been recorded in the Brong Ahafo Region with eleven deaths.

Most of the cases were recorded in the Tain District; 28 cases came from the Brohani community in the Nsawkaw sub-district.

The Deputy Brong Ahafo Regional Director of Health in charge of Public Health, Dr Osei Kuffour Afreh, made this known at an emergency epidemic management committee meeting in Sunyani to discuss the meningitis outbreak in the Brong Ahafo Region...

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Source: http://citifmonline.com/2016/01/20/p...n-brong-ahafo/

Pneumococcal Meningitis affects 80 in Brong Ahafo
Wednesday 20th January , 2016 6:41 pm

Four municipalities and four districts in the Brong-Ahafo Region have recorded, in less than a month, 80 cases of Pneumococcal Meningitis with 21 deaths.

Dr Osei Kuffour Afreh, Deputy Regional Director in charge of public health who disclosed at a media briefing on Tuesday in Sunyani stated that 14 of the deaths were males and seven females...

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Source: http://www.gbcghana.com/1.8584227

Jan 21, 2016 at 9:00pm
92 cases of pneumococcal meningitis reported - GHS

The Ghana Health Service says it has so far recorded 32 deaths and 92 reported cases of Pneumococcal meningitis in three regions.

They are Brong Ahafo, Ashanti and Northern Region...

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Source: http://www.graphic.com.gh/news/gener...ti-region.html


Pneumococcal Meningitis kills 2 in Ashanti Region
By: Graphic.com.gh Date : Sunday, 24 January 2016 12:42
Published in General News

Two people have died from Pneumococcal Meningitis in the Offinso Municipality in the Ashanti Region, weeks after it was first reported in the Brong Ahafo Region, according to the Ministry of Health

The Deputy Minister of Health, Dr Victor Bampoe, told Accra-based Citi FM that the Ministry was investigating to determine whether the deaths are related to the outbreak in the Brong Ahafo Region.

?There were four cases in Offinso and two have died, ? he said, adding that ?all the districts have been put on alert and they are trying to make sure if it is part of the outbreak, then they are going into the communities to find more cases.?...

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Source: http://pulse.com.gh/health/intervent...id4599707.html

WHO must help us fight Pneumococcal Meningitis - Parliament
Joseph Yieleh Chireh said urgent steps need to be taken to contain the disease in order to prevent fear and panic.
Published: 06.16
Efua Idan Osam

Parliament?s Health Committee is proposing that the Health Ministry must seek assistance from the World Health Organization (WHO) in tackling the outbreak of the deadly Pneumococcal Meningitis in Ghana.

The chairman of the committee, Joseph Yieleh Chireh said urgent steps need to be taken to contain the disease in order to prevent fear and panic.

?If from the Brong Ahafo Region, it moves to the Northern Region and now to the Ashanti Region, there must be something that is alarming about it so the best thing is to alert the World Health Organization about this situation and seek help as to how effectively we can contain this disease,? he said in an interview with Accra-based Joy FM.

The outbreak of the disease began in December 2015 in the Tain District of the Brong Ahafo Region which later spread to Wenchi, Techiman, Bruohan, Kintampo, and Sene districts...

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Source: http://citifmonline.com/2016/01/25/p...ealth-service/


Pneumococcal meningitis not yet in Ashanti Region ? Health Service
Monday 25th January , 2016 7:39 pm

The Ghana Health Service has denied reports that the Ashanti Region has recorded some cases of the deadly pneumococcal meningitis.

There were reports over the weekend that two persons had died from the disease in the Offinso Municipality but the Deputy Director and Head of Surveillances at the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Franklin Aseidu-Bekoe during a media briefing on Monday said ?I want to state that currently there is no outbreak of pneumococcal meningitis in the Ashanti Region.?...

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Source: http://pulse.com.gh/health/pneumococ...id4610033.html


Pneumococcal Meningitis
Seven suspected cases recorded in the Volta Region
Dr. Ofori-Yeboah has told Ghana News Agency (GNA) that the cases were from Sogakope, Keta, Ketu-North, Krachi-West and Nkwanta South.
Published: 26.01.2016 Mildred Europa Taylor

Seven suspected cases of meningitis have been recorded in the Volta Region, Dr Yaw Ofori-Yeboah, Deputy Director, Public Health of the Volta Regional Health Directorate has said.

Speaking to Ghana News Agency (GNA) on Tuesday, Dr. Ofori-Yeboah said the cases were from Sogakope, Keta, Ketu-North, Krachi-West and Nkwanta South.

He was however quick to add that results from the Sogakope case was negative...

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Source: http://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghana-se...lls-38-people/


Ghana seeks WHO assistance as meningitis kills 38 people
Ghana is seeking assistance from the World Health Organization (WHO) to combat the outbreak of meningitis which has killed 38 people in some areas of the country.
By News Ghana -
Jan 28, 2016

The disease has also affected over 160 people in five regions of the country.
The WHO has provided a number of laboratory equipment including test kits for the diagnosis of meningitis and the ministry of health is expected to receive more consignments from the WHO Africa Regional head office in the coming days.

?They have actually been a lead agency in our preparedness and response to meningitis outbreak,? said Dr Franklin Asiedu-Bekoe, head of disease surveillance at the Ghana Health Service...

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Source: http://news.peacefmonline.com/pages/...601/268255.php


Meningitis Deaths Hit 6 In Ashanti
28-Jan-2016

SIX PEOPLE have died from the deadly meningococcal meningitis in the Ashanti Region since the outbreak of the infectious disease in the country at the close of last year.

The Ashanti Regional Health Directorate said the figure is among 17 suspected cases reported across 10 districts of the region, with nine confirmed as meningococcal meningitis and streptococcal pneumonia (also known as pneumococcal meningitis).

Dr Fred Adomako Boateng, deputy regional health director in-charge of Clinicals, told journalists at a news conference in Kumasi yesterday that the cases were reported within eight hospitals in the 10 districts...