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Health Authorities Confirm Four Deaths in Lofa From Meningococcal Disease
14 hours ago by Zeze Ballah
FOYA, Lofa ? Tolbert Nyenswah, director general of the National Public Health Institute of Liberia, has confirmed that four persons from the town of Kelimabendu, in Foya District, recently died from bacteria that causes meningococcal disease.
The bacteria, known as Neisseria Meningitidis, causes an infection of the brain or the blood.
Nyenswah told The Bush Chicken on Thursday January 25 that health authorities in Monrovia were notified by the Lofa county health team of a cluster of unexplained health events including three deaths and one hospital admission within a family in Kelimabendu.
He explained that the family was admitted at the Foya Boma Hospital and cases presented by the health team included headaches, general body weakness, and body pains.
Nyenswah said on January 19, the county health team had notified health authorities in Monrovia including the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization of the death of a 12-year-old child who was the original carrier of the disease in the family.
?On January 22, the National Reference Laboratory confirmed that the case of the child was positive for the Neisseria Meningitidis serogroup W,? he said. ?A total of 9 cases were reported with 4 deaths and 5 persons admitted at the hospital.?...
Health Authorities Confirm Four Deaths in Lofa From Meningococcal Disease
14 hours ago by Zeze Ballah
FOYA, Lofa ? Tolbert Nyenswah, director general of the National Public Health Institute of Liberia, has confirmed that four persons from the town of Kelimabendu, in Foya District, recently died from bacteria that causes meningococcal disease.
The bacteria, known as Neisseria Meningitidis, causes an infection of the brain or the blood.
Nyenswah told The Bush Chicken on Thursday January 25 that health authorities in Monrovia were notified by the Lofa county health team of a cluster of unexplained health events including three deaths and one hospital admission within a family in Kelimabendu.
He explained that the family was admitted at the Foya Boma Hospital and cases presented by the health team included headaches, general body weakness, and body pains.
Nyenswah said on January 19, the county health team had notified health authorities in Monrovia including the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization of the death of a 12-year-old child who was the original carrier of the disease in the family.
?On January 22, the National Reference Laboratory confirmed that the case of the child was positive for the Neisseria Meningitidis serogroup W,? he said. ?A total of 9 cases were reported with 4 deaths and 5 persons admitted at the hospital.?...