Human health vulnerability to climate change in Ghana

Aug 18, 2015 · The meningitis belt cuts across Ghana, with outbreaks known to occur during the dry season. Absolute humidity, dust and rainfall profiles, land cover type and population densities are ...

Emergency vaccination against epidemic meningitis in Ghana: implications for the control of meningococcal disease in West Africa. Published. Journal Article. BACKGROUND: Recurrent epidemics of meningococcal disease have been reported throughout the African meningitis belt …

Review of meningitis surveillance data, upper West Region ...

Contrary to previous findings that 80 -85% of all of meningococcal meningitis in the African Meningitis belt, are due to sero-group A[27, 1] a different trend is observed in this study where N. meningitis Y/W 135 constitute up to 40% of all isolates of bacterial meningitis from outbreaks in Ghana…

Ghana is considered a good and welcoming place, especially for first-time travellers to Africa. Tourism is a growing industry in Ghana. ... Located in the meningitis belt, vaccination is recommended during the …

Risk factors for meningococcal meningitis in northern Ghana.

Meningococcal meningitis is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the meningitis meningitis belt in ghana belt of sub-Saharan Africa where it occurs in epidemics every 8-12 years. Risk factors for the disease in this …

Eliminating Epidemic Group A Meningococcal Meningitis In ...

Cost and savings calculations for introducing MenAfriVac in lower-risk meningitis-belt countries (such as Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire) are more uncertain than those in high-risk countries (such as ...

Meningococcal carriage in the African meningitis belt ...

Determination of the prevalence of meningococcal carriage in seven countries extending across the meningitis belt from east to west (Ethiopia, Chad, Nigeria, Niger, Ghana, Mali meningitis belt in ghana and Senegal) prior to the introduction of PsA‐TT. Characterisation of risk factors for carriage of meningococci in countries of the African meningitis belt.

Feb 22, 2010 · DAKAR, 22 February 2010 (IRIN) - A meningitis epidemic has struck earlier than usual and is spreading across sub-Saharan Africa's "meningitis belt" from Senegal to Ethiopia, according to …

Progress and challenges in meningitis prevention in the ...

Pneumococcal meningitis in the belt • Similar pattern to meningococcal meningitis incidence in dry season 10x wet season majority of cases in older children and adults • Previous outbreaks: Burkina Faso 2009 &2011, Chad 2009, Ghana 2010 • High burden outside epidemics Spn >25% of confirmed meningitis cases in the belt

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