Belin meningitis na Afirka

Yankin meningitis na Afirka yanki ne a Yankin Saharar Afirka inda yawan mutanen da ke fama da meningitis ya yi yawa sosai. Ya kai daga Senegal zuwa Habasha, kuma babban dalilin meningitis a cikin belin shine Neisseria meningitidis .

Léon Lapeyssonnie na Hukumar Lafiya ta Duniya (WHO) ne ya fara gabatar da belin a 1963. Lapeyssonnie ya lura cewa cutar ta faru ne a yankunan da ke karɓar 300-1,100 mm na ruwan sama na shekara-shekara, wanda shine yanayin a yankin Sahara na Afirka. Har ila yau, an gano yaduwar cutar meningitis a Kudancin Asiya, wanda wadanda ke yin Hajji, aikin hajji zuwa Saudi Arabia, suka kawo a cikin 1987, wanda ya haifar da annoba a Nepal, Saudi Arabia, da Chadi. 

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Ya ƙunshi wani ɓangare na ko duka (daga Yamma zuwa Gabas), Gambiya, Senegal, Guinea-Bissau" id="mwJQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Guinea-Bissau">Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Nijar, Najeriya, Kamaru, Chadi, Jamhuriyar Afirka ta Tsakiya, Sudan, Sudan ta Kudu, Uganda, Kenya, Habasha, Eritrea. Sauran ƙasashe da yawa a Afirka suna fuskantar barkewar cutar, amma ba su da yawa kuma ba su da ƙarancin annoba. "Belt" yana da kimanin mutane miliyan 300 a cikin jimlar yankinsa. Wannan yankin ba wai kawai yana da saukin kamuwa da cutar meningitis ba,  har ma yana da saurin kamuwa da annoba kamar zazzabin cizon sauro.

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