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The country is witnessing a resurgence in the outbreak of infectious diseases, ranging from Diphtheria, Lassa Fever and more recently, cerebrospinal ...
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Bacterial Meningitis
If you develop the classic symptoms of meningitis, such as a fever with a stiff neck, seek emergency treatment right away. The sooner your medical team administers IV antibiotics and a ...
Eventually, she got the chills, and the stiff neck and shoulders grew worse ... Days later, she was diagnosed with streptococcal meningitis, a bacterial infection that causes swelling of the ...
A meningitis outbreak is sweeping through Ghana’s Upper West region, exposing a struggling health care system. With ...
Nigerian health authorities are struggling to contain a rapidly spreading meningitis outbreak that has so far killed 151 people across the west African nation, mostly in remote parts of the northern r ...
As of March 26, 2025, 807 suspected cases and 74 deaths have been reported across 22 states and the Federal Capital Territory ...
Health authorities in Nigeria are struggling to contain a rapidly spreading meningitis outbreak that has so far killed 151 people - with children affected the most. At such a critical moment in US ...
Doctors say the patients suffer from high fever, stiff neck, severe headache, nausea, vomiting, seizures, and sensitivity to ...
Nigeria faces rising meningitis deaths. NCDC confirms 151 fatalities. Urgent health measures required to curb outbreak.
At least 60 children have died from meningitis in Gwandu, Jega and Aliero local government areas of Kebbi State, as the ...
We are in the peak meningitis season, and the risk of transmission is high due to dry, dusty weather and overcrowding.