A survivor from meningitis in Malakal became deaf, says the Director of Health Education and Promotion in the Ministry of Health.
Mary Denis tells CRN in an interview that the epidemic is a dangerous disease indeed.
She advises persons from the age of 1 to 29 years except pregnant women to get vaccinated against Meningitis.
The Ministry of Health is conducting a mass campaign against meningitis today.
A single dose of the vaccine provides protection against meningitis for about 10 years.
Persons from 12 months to 29 years are at most risk of meningitis, the official says.