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Meningitis outbreak in Nigeria kills 282 people

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An outbreak of meningitis in Nigeria has killed 282 people
in recent weeks, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control
(NCDC) has said, as Africa’s most populous country and
aid organisations attempt to tackle the surge in
infections.
As of Thursday (March 30), 1,966 suspected cases of
meningitis were reported with 282 deaths in 15 of the
country’s 36 states, the Nigeria Centre for Disease
Control (NCDC) told Reuters in the country’s capital
Abuja.
The center said on its website that 33 people died of
meningitis in 2016.
More than 2,000 people died from an outbreak of the
disease in Nigeria in 2009, with basic healthcare limited
in rural parts of the country, where most people live on
less than $2 a day, despite the country’s huge oil
resources.
Meningitis is the inflammation of tissue surrounding the
brain and spinal cord which can be caused by viral or
bacterial infections. It spreads mainly through kisses,
sneezes, coughs and in close living quarters.

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