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The Health ministry in response to high reported cases of Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis (CSM) has dispatched about 40,000 drugs to the Upper East Region.
The Public Relations Director of the Ministry of Health, Mr. Tony Goodman says the ministry is concerned about the welfare of the people in the region therefore their immediate response.
Currently, a government delegation led by the minister of Health Alban Bagbin has arrived in the region to ascertain the situation.
The prompt action by was as a results of an outbreak of Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis (CSM) in the Upper East Region has claimed 16 lives in two months.
Tony Goodman confirms that that about 102 persons have been affected by the disease so far.
He added more vaccines would be dispatched to adequately cover all the endemic areas including Brong Ahafo Region.
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