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I. KEY POINTS
- 09/03/2017 at 11 am, reporting of 2 suspected meningitis cases from the Yaounde Central Prison (Kondengui) ;
- Public Health Emergency Operation Center (EOC) activated ;
- 19/03/2017, 10th coordination meeting held at the Department for the Control of Disease, Epidemics and Pandemics ;
- No new suspected cases from the prison since the administration of chemo-prophylaxis ;
- A total of 19 cases have been recorded to date among which one community case ;
- Vaccine request approved by ICG and 7079 doses of tetravalent vaccine allocated.
II. NEXT STEPS
- Continue reinforcing surveillance in health facilities of Yaounde ;
- Plan for the vaccination campaign in the prison ;
- Request for drugs used in chemo-prophylaxis and case management ;
- Continue administering chemo-prophylaxis to contacts;
- Hold the next coordination meeting scheduled for 20th March 2017, at the Department for the Control of Disease, Epidemics and Pandemics as from 4 pm prompt.