NADOWLI-KALEO DISTRICT ASSEMBLY HELD ITS PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY COMMITTEE MEETING

The Nadowli-Kaleo District Assembly is part of its mandate to provide good health for the people of the district. The secretariat conducted an emergency meeting to discuss about the high rate of CSM cases in the district.  The director for health said, we are already in the heat season and meningitis is on the rise. As of last week, according to data from the health directorate, the District has already recorded some cases of meningitis, and some come in a very bad state.

To mitigate the situation, we are advised to drink lots of water to get hydrated. I remember during COVID-19, we all took to the habit of wearing nose masks and this must continue because meningitis is also a droplet infection.

This means that if someone comes into contact with anyone with the bacteria, such a person can be infected through sneezes, coughing, or breathing. We are also told the meningitis type we are seeing this season is more deadly and as I speak, there is no capacity vaccine except for children as part of childhood vaccination.

 We therefore must recall the COVID–19 protocols by avoiding overcrowding during social gatherings. We also need to make our sleeping and resting places airy for the time being.