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Congestion at SHSs exposes students to meningitis – Ghana Health Service

The Head of Disease and Surveillance Unit at the Ghana Health Service has identified congestion at senior high schools (SHSs) as one risk factor for the spread of meningitis.

Dr Franklin Asiedu-Bekoe told Evans Mensah on Joy FM’s Top Story Wednesday, the crowded nature of classrooms and dormitories at SHSs poses a challenge to students.

“If the pathogen is in your throat [and] so far as you are one meter apart the other person can get it,” he explained.

Dec. 13, 2017

References:

• https://www.myjoyonline.com/lifestyle/2017/December-13th/congestion-at-shss-exposes-students-to-meningitis-ghana-health-service.php
• https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Congestion-at-SHSs-exposes-students-to-meningitis-Ghana-Health-Service-609444
• https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Acute-respiratory-infection-caused-some-KUMACA-deaths-607642
• https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/health/Congestion-cause-of-meningitis-outbreak-in-SHSs-Health-officer-609454
• http://citifmonline.com/2017/04/05/kumasi-academy-mysterious-deaths-caused-by-meningitis/