Patients wait to see a doctor at the Infectious Diseases Institute in Kampala. Photo by Marco Di Lauro/Getty Images
Scientists and researchers from Uganda and overseas are highlighting the burden of meningitis that has continued to manifest itself among HIV/AIDS patients with now scientists saying it has continued to kill many HIV patients as most of them notice the disease when its too late.
According to the Infectious disease institute head of research programme at Makerere university, Dr. Andrew Kambugu, they are increasingly registering more cases of HIV positive clients with meningitis with numbers now indicating that over 5000 cases of clients with meningitis are received with 15 cases registered daily at Mulago with the huge numbers registered in the male ward at the facility.
According to the Infectious disease institute head of research programme at Makerere university, Dr. Andrew Kambugu, they are increasingly registering more cases of HIV positive clients with meningitis with numbers now indicating that over 5000 cases of clients with meningitis are received with 15 cases registered daily at Mulago with the huge numbers registered in the male ward at the facility.
And Dr. Joshua Rhein from the university of Minnesota and a fellow at the Infectious disease institute says cases of meningitis among HIV patients are serious in Sub-sahara Africa and it is quite expensive to treat. He urged government to consider prioritizing meningitis drugs.