Togo: 16 dead in the latest outbreak of meningitis

[Shiloh]

Source: http://www.africanews.com/2016/02/04/togo-8-dead-in-the-latest-outbreak-of-meningitis/


Togo: 8 dead in the latest outbreak of meningitis
04 02 - 16:33

Eight people have died and 80 cases recorded in the latest outbreak of meningitis in Togo.

According to the country?s health minister, Moustapha Mijiyawa, the outbreak occurred in the Kara region.

Analysis from the health ministry indicates that the current strain is the meningococcal meningitis...

 

[Shiloh]

Source: http://www.newsghana.com.gh/meningitis-kills-16-in-n-togo/

Meningitis kills 16 in N. Togo
By News Ghana -
Feb 11, 2016

Meningitis epidemic in Dankpen, northern Togo has caused 16 deaths and affected 197 people by Monday, authorities said.

The country?s Council of Ministers disclosed Wednesday in a report that ?urgent provisions have been taken by the government since the meningitis outbreak so as to confine and eradicate the epidemic.? ...

 

[Shiloh]

Source: http://news.trust.org/item/20160310152611-7itqn/

Thousands of children at risk as meningitis epidemic rapidly spreads through Togo
Plan UK - Thu, 10 Mar 2016 15:46 GMT
Author: Amy Woodyatt

A meningitis epidemic continues to spread through Togo, with children being most at risk from the disease.

Four regions out of six in the country are now affected with a total of 2.5 million people at risk. Children are dying every day from this epidemic. The numbers of cases and subsequent deaths have more than quadrupled within the last month. Several districts of neighbouring Ghana have also been placed under epidemic and alert phases...