Burkina Faso - Yako: Unidentified disease kills three children in Saria

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[TD="colspan: 2"]Passoré Province[/TD]

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Yako: an as yet undetermined disease kills three children in Saria

By AB. BIA- April 6, 2022 1088

Yako, April 6, 2022(AIB)- The Yako health district will carry out investigations to determine the disease that killed three children in the village of Saria on Sunday.

The village of Saria, located about twelve kilometers from Yako on the Yako-Koudougou axis, lost on Sunday April 3, 2022, three of its children, including a daughter, due to an as yet undetermined illness.

They were three, ten and eleven years old.

A delegation led by the Chief Health District Medical Officer (MCD) of Yako, Dr. Mamadi Ouédraogo visited the said village on the morning of Tuesday, April 5, 2022.

She first offered her deepest condolences to the families bereaved by this unusual event.

Since the bodies had already been buried, the MCD says it took samples from other sick children with the same symptoms as those who died, in order to determine the exact nature of the disease.

These symptoms include headache, fever and stiff neck, among others.

We also learn that one of the deceased children came from Côte d'Ivoire about a month ago.

But while waiting for the conclusions, Dr Ouédraogo invited parents whose children would present similar symptoms, to go to the nearest health center.

Investigations based on the interrogation are also engaged in order to determine the origin of this disease which continues to make headlines to such an extent that one speaks of witchcraft in the places of chat.

Burkina Information Agency

Zezouma Elie SANOU

https://www.aib.media/2022/04/06/yako-une-maladie-non-encore-determinee-tue-trois-enfants-a-saria/

 

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Passoré: Five cases of meningitis recorded in Saria

By AB. BIA-April 12, 2022968

Yako, April 12, 2022(AIB) - Five cases of meningitis have been recorded in Saria, a dozen km from Yako, at a time when allegations of witchcraft are circulating, after the death of three children.

Five cases of meningitis, four with meningococcal strains and 1 with pneumococcal strain, were recorded in Saria, the AIB learned from concordant sources.

Other samples are being analyzed.

It is recalled that the brutal death of three children, on April 3, 2022, in the village of Saria, had caused a psychosis to such an extent that we speak of witchcraft in chat rooms.

It should be noted that Burkina Faso is part of the African meningitis belt, an area of ​​26 countries that goes from East to West, from Ethiopia to Senegal and which is particularly affected by the disease during the dry season.

Burkina Information Agency

Zezouma Elie SANOU

https://www.aib.media/2022/04/12/pas...stres-a-saria/