Meningitis - Strep/Pneumoccocal -- Ghana
The pneumococcal meningitis outbreak has so far killed 15 people in the Tain, Wenchi, Techiman and Bruohan districts in the Brong Ahafo Region. Speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show, Dr Bampoe said visits to the 3 Northern regions and the Brong Ahafo region [had] revealed [that] about 55 people had been affected with meningitis with slightly over 19 fatalities as of Friday last week [15 Jan 2016].
The deputy health minister, however, said health officials were on top of the situation. "... It
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