Meningitis is a dangerous inflammation in the membrane around the brain and spine, which is often caused by bacteria and virus infections.
In any age group, people can be infected with meningitis, which are spread or spread with close contact between people while coughing or sneezing. Low and medium -income countries are most affected by it.
The disease is a major threat to public health, which has long been the risk of death or complex health problems. This requires instant treatment care.
Sub-Sahara has the largest number of this infection in Africa. Due to the outbreak of the disease, the region is also often seen as the meningitis belt, which is spread to Senegal in the west and Gambia to Ethiopia in the east.
The most severe form of the disease is bacteria meningitis, which can kill someone in just 24 hours. Also, one in every six infected person dies.
For issues related to meningitis, Dr Mary-Pierre Prigioi, the head of the team, said, “Every family with meningitis knows how the disease can cause the disease.”
Pain
According to the WHO, about 20 percent of people with bacteria meningitis suffer from long -term complications with lifetime effects.
Dr. Tarun Dua, head of the WHO Unit for Brain Health in Geneva on Thursday, told reporters that additional attention should be paid to the vaccine, so that the brain could be prevented from other serious problems, including not working properly.
According to Dr. DUA, this infection reduces the ability to listen, which can affect children’s education. However, if it is quickly identified according to the new guidelines about who, it can be treated and children can be better included in school and society.
UN experts say that groups can be treated with antibiotics in three or four infections in school children, but it is possible only when vaccination levels are high.
Not easy tests
Despite this, in many countries not only meningitis, but to ensure immunity against many diseases, there is no way to protect vaccine. Apart from these, there is also a lack of advanced technology needed to diagnose this diagnosis.
Often to test it, the spine needle should be tested in the spinal cord. “Due to poor health facilities, many low -income countries face this problem.
According to the WHO, the number of countries affected by emergency situations, crisis or war are increasing, so people do not get treatment as soon as they become. As a result, meningitis finds a place to develop. These new guidelines are part of the attempt to end meningitis by 2030, which is especially emphasized on resistance efforts.
Under this, countries can also be monitored in the case of disease -related data collection, analyzing with partner companies and applied for controlling it.