Every year, from December to April, the Harmattan sweeps across Africa. This cool, dry and dust-laden wind gets its name from ...

Doctors Without Borders has estimated that up to 80 percent of meningitis patients may die without early access to treatment.This statement comes as the organization warns that meningitis—particularly ...

Médecins Sans Frontières, also known as Doctors Without Borders, said that since early March, meningitis has been spreading ...

For more on Africa and development ... could be a "toxic-type event either from a biological perspective like meningitis or from a chemical exposure,” the WHO emergencies chief said, citing ...

Currently, 52 African countries and the African Union Commission have signed Belt and Road cooperation documents with China, and over 10,000 Chinese companies have established themselves in Africa ...

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 ...

The meningococcal meningitis remains the most prevalent strain within the meningitis belt.” It noted that the most vulnerable groups include the infants, young children, the elderly, those with ...

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 ...

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 ...