{"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\/2016\/02\/meningitis-screening-held-for-wenchi-residents-photos\/","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\" 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\" 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\" 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\" 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\" 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. 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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19,11],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Meningitis screening held for Wenchi residents [Photos] - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/02\/meningitis-screening-held-for-wenchi-residents-photos\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Meningitis screening held for Wenchi residents [Photos] - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"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. 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 [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/02\/meningitis-screening-held-for-wenchi-residents-photos\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/citi97.3\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-02-03T16:50:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/health-screening-with-health-minister-4.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Godwin Akweiteh Allotey\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@citi973\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@citi973\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Godwin Akweiteh Allotey\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/02\/meningitis-screening-held-for-wenchi-residents-photos\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/02\/meningitis-screening-held-for-wenchi-residents-photos\/\",\"name\":\"Meningitis screening held for Wenchi residents [Photos] - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-02-03T16:50:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-02-03T16:50:47+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f2af5176fd89b19b3c31f8a4b9660f9b\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/02\/meningitis-screening-held-for-wenchi-residents-photos\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/02\/meningitis-screening-held-for-wenchi-residents-photos\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/02\/meningitis-screening-held-for-wenchi-residents-photos\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Meningitis screening held for Wenchi residents [Photos]\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/\",\"name\":\"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\",\"description\":\"Ghana News | Ghana Politics | Ghana Soccer | Ghana Showbiz\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f2af5176fd89b19b3c31f8a4b9660f9b\",\"name\":\"Godwin Akweiteh Allotey\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/39abdd010da0725707cd850c74a394cf?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/39abdd010da0725707cd850c74a394cf?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Godwin Akweiteh Allotey\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/author\/allotey\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Meningitis screening held for Wenchi residents [Photos] - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/02\/meningitis-screening-held-for-wenchi-residents-photos\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Meningitis screening held for Wenchi residents [Photos] - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","og_description":"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. 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 [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/02\/meningitis-screening-held-for-wenchi-residents-photos\/","og_site_name":"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/citi97.3","article_published_time":"2016-02-03T16:50:47+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/health-screening-with-health-minister-4.jpg"}],"author":"Godwin Akweiteh Allotey","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@citi973","twitter_site":"@citi973","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Godwin Akweiteh Allotey","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/02\/meningitis-screening-held-for-wenchi-residents-photos\/","url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/02\/meningitis-screening-held-for-wenchi-residents-photos\/","name":"Meningitis screening held for Wenchi residents [Photos] - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2016-02-03T16:50:47+00:00","dateModified":"2016-02-03T16:50:47+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f2af5176fd89b19b3c31f8a4b9660f9b"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/02\/meningitis-screening-held-for-wenchi-residents-photos\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/02\/meningitis-screening-held-for-wenchi-residents-photos\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/02\/meningitis-screening-held-for-wenchi-residents-photos\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Meningitis screening held for Wenchi residents [Photos]"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/","name":"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","description":"Ghana News | Ghana Politics | Ghana Soccer | Ghana Showbiz","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f2af5176fd89b19b3c31f8a4b9660f9b","name":"Godwin Akweiteh Allotey","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/39abdd010da0725707cd850c74a394cf?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/39abdd010da0725707cd850c74a394cf?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Godwin Akweiteh Allotey"},"url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/author\/allotey\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186853"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186853\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}