Okonji Osaretin Christabel, Rackimuthu Sudhan, Gangat Shazil Ahmed, Mohanan Parvathy, Uday Utkarsha, Islam Zamina, Essar Mohammad Yasir, Bushabu Fidèle Nyimi
School of Pharmacy, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa.
Father Muller Medical College, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
Clin Epidemiol Glob Health. 2022 Jan-Feb;13:100955. doi: 10.1016/j.cegh.2021.100955. Epub 2022 Jan 3.
Meningitis is a severe infection and a major public health challenge. The meningitis outbreak which had resurfaced amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been further stressing the health care systems that are already overburdened with detecting, preventing, and treating the current coronavirus disease. The recent meningitis outbreak in the DRC has resulted in a high case fatality ratio of 50% - an extremely worrying concern. Robust strategies are hence needed to curb the spread of the disease amid the COVID-19 pandemic, to prevent further adverse health outcomes and to mitigate the compounding burden on the country's healthcare systems. Several measures such as vaccination campaigns, adherence to sanitation and hygiene, improved surveillance and diagnostic capabilities could help prevent future epidemics in the country.
脑膜炎是一种严重感染，也是一项重大的公共卫生挑战。在刚果民主共和国，脑膜炎疫情在2019冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行期间再度出现，这进一步给本就因检测、预防和治疗当前冠状病毒病而不堪重负的医疗系统带来压力。刚果民主共和国最近爆发的脑膜炎导致了50%的高病死率，这是一个极其令人担忧的问题。因此，需要强有力的策略来遏制该疾病在COVID-19大流行期间传播，防止进一步的不良健康后果，并减轻该国医疗系统日益加重的负担。开展疫苗接种运动、坚持环境卫生和个人卫生、提高监测和诊断能力等多项措施有助于预防该国未来的疫情。
