It is a high risk area for meningitis. The reason, a lack of sanitary conditions, a large transient population and excessive dust produced by herds of cattle, mules and goats. In the town's second market volunteers focused their attention on food vendors and their clients. People and vendors in the general market were also provided with information on meningitis. First off, beneficiaries must be informed of the symptoms of meningitis and the need to get medical attention, secondly they need to know the vaccine is safe and the location of vaccination points in their community.
Beneficiaries tend to see traditional healers before seeking professional medical assistance.
With an unforgiving disease like meningitis any delay in seeking medical attention often proves deadly. Finally, some people mistakenly think that once they are vaccinated they can no longer become ill . When they do become ill from other diseases they proclaim the vaccine as ineffective.