African meningitis belt
Nigeria Meningitis Death Toll Tops 1,000
More than 1,000 people have died in an outbreak of meningitis in Nigeria, the Centre for Disease Control said Thursday,...
Nigeria Starts Vaccination Drive Against Meningitis Outbreak
Nigeria has started a mass vaccination programme in a bid to stop an outbreak of meningitis. More than 300 people have...
Vaccine Cost Cripples Response To Outbreak
Nigeria needs as many as 800,000 doses of the type C meningitis vaccine to deal with the outbreak Nigeria does not have...
Vaccine Shortage For Nigeria Meningitis Outbreak
Nigeria is facing a major shortfall in vaccines to contain an outbreak of meningitis that has claimed 282 lives since...
Meningitis Outbreak Kills Nearly 270 In Nigeria
Nearly 270 people, most of them children, have died in the past five months during the latest meningitis outbreak to...
Meningitis Outbreak Kills At Least 140 In Nigeria
An outbreak of meningitis in several states of Nigeria has killed at least 140 people, officials say. It has been...