Meningitis – Strep/Pneumoccocal — Ghana
Dreadful, life-threatening, and infectious pneumococcal meningitis has hit Ghana, taking 93 lives so far since last year [2016].
Pneumococcal meningitis is caused by _Streptococcus pneumoniae_, a bacterium that affects the lungs and is easily spread through coughing, sneezing, and prolonged body contact with an infected person. Living in a crowded setting, intimate kissing, and eating from the same bowl or drinking from the same cup as an infected person can equally help spread the
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