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Ministry of Health Affirms that Sudan is Free from Meningitis
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Apr 25, 2010 - 8:36:11 AM

Ministry of Health Affirms that Sudan is Free from Meningitis

 

Khartoum, April 25 (SUNA) - The Director of the Department of Epidemics Combat at the Federal Ministry of Health, Dr. Babiker Al-Magboul, has affirmed that all the states of Sudan are free from Meningitis, explaining only three out of 332 sectors in the Northern States are affected by this epidemic. He said that the Ministry has intervened to contain the disease in Genaina in West Darfur State, Geraida in South Darfur State and Abu-Jebaiha in South Kordufan State, adding that some 630,000 doses of the vaccines were made available to carry out preventive campaigns in the affected areas. Dr. Al-Magboul said that the Ministry has intervened more than one month ago in the State of Kassala and since then no single case of meningitis was reported in the state. MF/MO



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