The damages of meningitis if your child does not get the vaccination at school .. Infograph

The Ministry of Health and Population aims to limit the spread of epidemic diseases by providing vaccines and vaccines, especially the meningitis vaccine, to vaccinate schoolchildren..

Through the following infographic, we review everything you need to know about meningitis.

Tourist infection:

A serious disease that affects the lining of the brain and can kill half of people it affects if left untreated

Infection

It is transmitted from an infected person through breathing, coughing and sneezing

Symptoms

Neck stiffness, headache and high fever

Feeling sensitive to light

Damages

Brain damage, hearing loss and impaired learning in 10% – 20% of survivors

It leads to brain damage.

Vaccination in Egypt

7 Millions of doses for schoolchildren annually

Dedicated to first-grade students in (nursery – primary – intermediate – secondary).

10000 Case infection annually in Egypt

Since 1982, Egypt has not experienced any epidemic outbreaks of meningitis.

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