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Meningitis

South Sudan reported 12,00 meningitis cases in 2007.

It accounts for more than half of the disease worldwide each year.

Meningitis is inflammation of the thin tissue that surrounds the brain and spinal cord. There are several types of meningitis. The most common is viral meningitis, which is caused when the virus enters the body through the nose or mouth and then travels to the brain. Dust storms, which are common during the January to April dry season, for example, lead to an increase in respiratory infections and help spread meningitis because the bacteria attach to dust particles.

The meningitis belt, according to the World Health Organization, stretches from Senegal in the west to Ethiopia in the east, with an estimated population of 300 million people. Meningitis epidemics occur in cycles. Early treatment can help prevent serious problems, such as death. Vaccines can prevent some of the forms of bacterial infections that cause meningitis.

The possibility of many households in Duk County getting

meningitis is very high because of unhygienic conditions,

congestion and many returnees coming back to South

Sudan.

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