{"id":186853,"date":"2016-02-03T16:50:47","date_gmt":"2016-02-03T16:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=186853"},"modified":"2016-02-03T16:50:47","modified_gmt":"2016-02-03T16:50:47","slug":"meningitis-screening-held-for-wenchi-residents-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=186853","title":{"rendered":"Meningitis screening held for Wenchi residents [Photos]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Ministry of Health has screened\u00a0residents of Awisa, a community in the Wenchi Municipality of the Brong Ahafo Region, in the wake of the outbreak of the meningitis disease.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-186858 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/health-screening-with-health-minister-4.jpg\" alt=\"health screening with health minister (4)\" width=\"667\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The exercise, done with the help of government\u2019s health van called \u2018Onuador\u2019 mobile clinic,\u00a0was aimed at screening to check the outbreak of the deadly pneumococcal meningitis in the area to detect symptoms early.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-186860 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/health-screening-with-health-minister-7.jpg\" alt=\"health screening with health minister (7)\" width=\"667\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pneumococcal meningitis, which was first reported in the Brong Ahafo Region, has claimed nearly 40 lives in the last month.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-186859 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/health-screening-with-health-minister-6.jpg\" alt=\"health screening with health minister (6)\" width=\"667\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Minister of Health, Alex Segbefia during a\u00a0visit to the area,also took time to\u00a0be screened.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Onuador is a free health care policy by President John Mahama.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-186857 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/health-screening-with-health-minister-2.jpg\" alt=\"health screening with health minister (2)\" width=\"667\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">About 400 people have so far been screened.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-186856 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/health-screening-with-health-minister-1.jpg\" alt=\"health screening with health minister (1)\" width=\"667\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The screening started on Tuesday and will continue for the next 4-days in the surrounding\u00a0communities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Lauretta Timah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Health has screened\u00a0residents of Awisa, a community in the Wenchi Municipality of the Brong Ahafo Region, in the wake of the outbreak of the meningitis disease. 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