Researchers helped conduct an important new global health study that found a vaccine that protects against five strains of meningitis prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa is safe and effective for use in ...

Between 2022 and 2023, Nigeria, located in an area known as the African Meningitis Belt, recorded 2,765 suspected cases and 190 deaths, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and ...

The study is published in The Lancet journal. In January 2024, the WHO recommended that all countries in the African ...

Nigerian Authorities Confirm Meningitis Outbreak in Northwest Has Killed 26 People Since January ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian authorities confirmed Tuesday that a meningitis outbreak in the ...

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian authorities confirmed Tuesday that a meningitis outbreak in the northwest was behind the death of at least 26 people over several weeks. The spread of the disease ...

In January 2024, the WHO recommended that all countries in the African meningitis belt introduce Men5CV into their routine immunization programs, providing a single-dose shot to infants and young ...