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DRC: more than 300 people have died of meningitis since the beginning of 2023
May 29, 2023
Kinshasa, May 29, 2023 (ACP).- 356 people have died of meningitis since the beginning of 2023 in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), reported a report by the epidemiological surveillance directorate of the general directorate for the fight against disease from the Ministry of Health, Hygiene and Prevention reached the ACP on Monday.
" During the same period, the country recorded 5,228 cases of meningitis, 356 deaths with a fatality rate of 6.8%," said the same source.
“Fourteen (14) provinces out of twenty-six (26) are affected by this disease. These are the city-province of Kinshasa, Bas-Uélé, Equateur, Haut-Katanga, Ituri, Kasaï, Kasaï Central and Oriental, Kongo Central, Kwilu, Lomami and Kwango,” she added.
These cases were recorded in 8 health zones which are Banalia, Mulongo, Kalima, Mweso, Walikale, Butumba, Bukama and Tandala.
The surveillance management has indicated that the people most affected by this disease are children from one to 5 years old, followed by those over 15 years old, those from 0 to 11 months old as well as from 5 to 15 years old.
With regard to deaths, this document revealed that it is first children from one to 5 years old followed by those who are over 15 years old then those from 0 to 11 months and finally those whose age varies between 5 at 15.
Meningitis is a pathology characterized by inflammation of the meninges, the membranes that surround the tissues of the central nervous system (the brain and the spinal cord).
It is due to a viral infection, but can also be of bacterial or fungal origin. Vaccines can prevent some forms of meningitis.
ACP/ODM
https://acp.cd/sante/rdc-plus-de-300-personnes-decedees-de-la-meningite-depuis-debut-2023-2/
DRC: more than 300 people have died of meningitis since the beginning of 2023
May 29, 2023
Kinshasa, May 29, 2023 (ACP).- 356 people have died of meningitis since the beginning of 2023 in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), reported a report by the epidemiological surveillance directorate of the general directorate for the fight against disease from the Ministry of Health, Hygiene and Prevention reached the ACP on Monday.
" During the same period, the country recorded 5,228 cases of meningitis, 356 deaths with a fatality rate of 6.8%," said the same source.
“Fourteen (14) provinces out of twenty-six (26) are affected by this disease. These are the city-province of Kinshasa, Bas-Uélé, Equateur, Haut-Katanga, Ituri, Kasaï, Kasaï Central and Oriental, Kongo Central, Kwilu, Lomami and Kwango,” she added.
These cases were recorded in 8 health zones which are Banalia, Mulongo, Kalima, Mweso, Walikale, Butumba, Bukama and Tandala.
The surveillance management has indicated that the people most affected by this disease are children from one to 5 years old, followed by those over 15 years old, those from 0 to 11 months old as well as from 5 to 15 years old.
With regard to deaths, this document revealed that it is first children from one to 5 years old followed by those who are over 15 years old then those from 0 to 11 months and finally those whose age varies between 5 at 15.
Meningitis is a pathology characterized by inflammation of the meninges, the membranes that surround the tissues of the central nervous system (the brain and the spinal cord).
It is due to a viral infection, but can also be of bacterial or fungal origin. Vaccines can prevent some forms of meningitis.
ACP/ODM
https://acp.cd/sante/rdc-plus-de-300-personnes-decedees-de-la-meningite-depuis-debut-2023-2/