Meningitis - Brain Infection
5 October, 2023
- MENINGITIS CAN BE FATAL . ITS ALSO PREVENTABLE. MENINGITIS IS A DREADFUL AND SERIOUS INFECTION OF THE MENINGES (THE MEMBRANE COVERING THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD)
- CAN BE CAUSED BY MANY DIFFERENT PATHOGENS INCLUDING BACTERIA, FUNGI, OR VIRUSES.
- THE BURDEN OF BACTERIAL MENINGITIS CONTINUES TO BE A MAJOR GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE WITH 2.5 MILLION CASES EMERGING ANNUALLY.
- WHO HAS DEVELOPED THE GOAL OF DEFEATING MENINGITIS BY 2030.
- THE BURDEN OF BACTERIAL MENINGITIS IS PARTICULARLY HIGH CAUSING 2,50,000 DEATHS ANNUALLY AND LEAVING 1 IN 5 OF THOSE AFFECTED WITH DEVASTATING LONG-TERM HEALTH CONSEQUENCES.
- ON WORLD MENINGITIS TODAY 5TH OCTOBER LET'S MARCH FORWARD AND SPREAD AWARENESS ABOUT MENINGITIS AND PROPAGATE HOW TIMELY INTERVENTION VACCINATION CAN REDUCE DEATHS CAUSED BY VACCINE -PREVENTABLE DISEASES
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