APCOM News of 24/12/2007
It is feared the worst epidemic of the last 10 years
Fourteen African countries are under threat of a possible epidemic of meningitis, "the worst in the last 10 years", according to what the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
"The first signs of the epidemic could occur in February or March of 2008," assures the document, taken dela English newspaper El Mundo. The countries have threatened Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Uganda, Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of Congo, Niger, Mali, Chad, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo and Benin.
"Meningitis - said the humanitarian organization based in Geneva - is a difficult disease to diagnose and early symptoms such as headache or fever, are similar to those of other disorders." For this reason it is necessary to sensitize the population likely to be infected if the epidemic were to really explode, "says Encho Gospodinova, an official of the Red Cross.
"The first signs of the epidemic could occur in February or March of 2008," assures the document, taken dela English newspaper El Mundo. The countries have threatened Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Uganda, Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of Congo, Niger, Mali, Chad, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo and Benin.
"Meningitis - said the humanitarian organization based in Geneva - is a difficult disease to diagnose and early symptoms such as headache or fever, are similar to those of other disorders." For this reason it is necessary to sensitize the population likely to be infected if the epidemic were to really explode, "says Encho Gospodinova, an official of the Red Cross.
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