NCDC Situation Report: 2018/2019 Cerebro-spinal Meningitis Outbreak in Nigeria (Week 16)
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- Nigeria
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- Govt. Nigeria
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HIGHLIGHTS
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This is the 18 th situation report for 2018/2019 season
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The National Emergency Operations Centre for Cerebrospinal Meningitis is coordinating national response activities
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States in the meningitis belt were formally placed on alert on the 8th of November 2018
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As at epi week 15, 2019, 14 new suspected cases were reported.
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Beginning from 1 st October, 2018 to 19 th April, 2019, a total of 760 suspected cases have been reported from 15 states
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Ninety samples were positive for bacterial meningitis
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Neisseria meningitides serogroup C (NmC) accounted for 28.9% (26) of the positive cases
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So far, 58 deaths (CFR=7.6%) have been recorded among all suspected cases
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In the last four weeks (Epi Wk12 to Epi Wk15,2019), two LGAs were in the alert threshold
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Media messages have been developed and disseminated via conventional and social media
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Monitoring of situation continues across the high risk states