Using high-tech tools to beat meningitis in Africa

Iria · Dec 27, 2006, 06:04 AM

Source: News.com
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A young girl, unconscious by the time her mother brought her to a rural clinic in southern Burkina Faso, had the classic symptoms of meningitis: fever, stiffness, vomiting.

With treatment, doctors hoped to be able to save her life, though she may be permanently disabled--deafness, epilepsy or paralysis are among the effects of the disease.

This latest outbreak in the remote Leraba region bordering Ivory Coast triggered alarms far away in the capital, Ouagadougou, amid fears of another epidemic wave of the disease.

Now health workers using high-tech methods to diagnose, control and even predict the disease hope to reduce its grim toll.

Dec 27, 2006, 06:04 AM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 87	Using high-tech tools to beat meningitis in Africa Source: News.com __________ A young girl, unconscious by the time her mother brought her to a rural clinic in southern Burkina Faso, had the classic symptoms of meningitis: fever, stiffness, vomiting. With treatment, doctors hoped to be able to save her life, though she may be permanently disabled--deafness, epilepsy or paralysis are among the effects of the disease. This latest outbreak in the remote Leraba region bordering Ivory Coast triggered alarms far away in the capital, Ouagadougou, amid fears of another epidemic wave of the disease. Now health workers using high-tech methods to diagnose, control and even predict the disease hope to reduce its grim toll.