WHO’s guidelines on Meningitis
Context:
Recently, the WHO released its first guidelines on meningitis diagnosis and treatment and care. This initiative is a part of WHO’s 2030 Global Roadmap to defeat meningitis.
- WHO’s 2030 Global Roadmap has set ambitious targets for preventing, controlling, eliminating, and eradicating neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) and other health issues by 2030.
Relevance:
GS-02 (Health)
About Meningitis
- It is a major global public health challenge.
- It causes acute or chronic inflammation to the tissues surrounding the brain and spinal cord.
- Symptoms: Fever, intense headache, vomiting and neck stiffness and occasionally photophobia.
- Other symptoms: confusion or altered consciousness, nausea, and an inability to tolerate loud noises.
- It can be infectious or non-infectious based on its origin.
- Infections are caused by pathogens, including bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites.
- Transmission: The route of transmission varies by organism.
- Most bacteria that cause meningitis, including meningococcus, pneumococcus and Haemophilus influenzae, are carried in the human nose and throat.
- Prevention:
- Some forms of meningitis are preventable by immunisation with the meningococcal, mumps, pneumococcal, and Hib vaccines.
- Antibiotics are also proven to be useful.
Prelims Question:
- Consider the following statements regarding meningitis:
- It is caused only by bacterial infections.
- WHO has launched its first-ever guidelines for its diagnosis, treatment, and care.
- Meningitis affects only the lungs and liver.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- 1 and 2 only
- 2 only
- 1 and 3 only
- 2 and 3 only
Answer: B. 2 only
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