Ghana: 2025 Meningitis

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Source: https://www.msn.com/en-xl/africa/gh...ngitis-outbreak-in-northern-ghana/ar-AA1yxF1R

Scientists express concern over cerebrospinal meningitis outbreak in northern Ghana
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By Muniratu Akweley Issah

Accra, Feb. 6, GNA – The Ghana Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists (GAMLS) has raised the alarm over the potential spread of cerebrospinal meningitis (CSM), a contagious disease, in several regions of northern Ghana.

CSM is a serious condition marked by inflammation of the meninges – the protective membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord – and can result in severe complications such as permanent neurological damage or death if not promptly diagnosed and treated.​..

 

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Source: https://www.myjoyonline.com/csm-outbreak-worsens-in-upper-west-as-cases-climb-to-60-14-dead/


CSM outbreak worsens in Upper West as cases climb to 60, 14 dead
Source: Myjoyonline.com
9 February 2025 8:34am

Cerebrospinal Meningitis (CSM) cases in the Upper West Region have surged from 42 to 60, with the death toll now standing at 14.

Health authorities have expressed concern over the rising fatalities, attributing them to misdiagnoses, delays in seeking treatment, and the high cost of medical care....
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Source: https://3news.com/news/upper-east-r...31-cases-under-investigation/#google_vignette


Upper East Region on high alert as meningitis kills two, 31 cases under investigation
Health authorities in Ghana’s Upper East Region are investigating 31 suspected meningitis cases after two confirmed deaths. Cholera surveillance and emergency response mechanisms have also been activated.
Last updated: March 5, 2025 7:10 pm
By Publishing Desk

Health authorities in the Upper East Region have intensified surveillance and public health measures following the deaths of two people from meningitis.

At a press briefing, the Regional Director of Health Services, Dr. Samuel Boakye Boateng, assured residents that all necessary steps have been taken to safeguard public health.

Dr. Boakye disclosed that the health directorate is currently investigating 31 suspected cases of meningitis recorded between January and March. Two of these cases have been confirmed in the Bolgatanga Municipality and Talensi District.

“In the Upper East Region, from epidemiological week 1 to 9 (1st January – 2nd March 2025), we have recorded a total of 31 suspected cases and two deaths, and all were caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae,” he stated.

While acknowledging the rising number of suspected cases, he emphasized that the situation remains under control...​

 

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Source: https://theworld.org/stories/2025/0...nking-foreign-aid-and-health-system-struggles

Ghana battles deadly meningitis outbreak amid shrinking foreign aid and health system struggles
A meningitis outbreak is sweeping through Ghana’s Upper West region, exposing a struggling health care system. With understaffed hospitals, dwindling resources and no approved vaccine, authorities are at their wits’ end.
The World
April 8, 2025
Updated on Apr 8, 2025
By Ridwan Karim Dini-Osman​

In Vuuyiri, a village in Ghana’s Nadowli-Kaleo district, 47-year-old farmer Fuuro Logo watches as his chickens peck at the dry ground outside a thatched house.

A month ago, his younger brother stood there too — a 37-year-old father of four, selling smoked fish to provide for his family.

Then, suddenly, he fell ill.

“He complained of a stomach ache, diarrhea, and later, headaches, fever and a stiff neck. We rushed him to the hospital, but he died a few hours later,” Logo said.

Today, his brother’s grave lies behind their mud-brick home — one of many fresh spots among the community’s burial grounds.​

It marks the deadly grip of a meningitis outbreak sweeping through Ghana’s Upper West region that’s seen more than 200 reported cases and a death toll of at least 17 people. The region lies within Africa’s “meningitis belt” — a stretch of 26 countries from Senegal to Ethiopia where the dry, dusty harmattan seasonal winds weaken respiratory defenses and allow the bacteria to further spread...


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