The World Health Organization (WHO) has provided Ghana with some ten thousand vials of medicines to support treatment of patients affected by cerebrospinal meningitis (CSM) in the northern parts of the country.
Since the disease outbreak in the Upper West Region, there have been 1,029 suspected cases with 22 confirmed and 18 deaths recorded.
Currently, 29 persons are on admission with three of them in critical condition.
The medications expected to cater for about 300 patients' forms part of the technical support the organization is offering to complement governments' efforts in tackling the outbreak in the country.
