Pneumococcal meningitis outbreak kills 9 in Ghana
by Robert Herriman from Outbreak News Today on (#103AM)
The death toll has reached nine due to pneumococcal meningitis in the Tain District of the Brong Ahafo Region in South Ghana, according to a Citi 97.3 fm report. The outbreak of the bacterial infection began last month and nearly three dozen cases have been reported to date. Tain District Health Director, Dr. Michael Rockson Adjei said, "We ["]