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Nigerian health authorities are struggling to contain a rapidly spreading meningitis outbreak that has so far killed 151 people across the west African nation, mostly in remote parts of the northern ...

Nigeria has received more than 1 million vaccines from the Gavi-funded global stockpile to combat a meningitis outbreak in the northern part of the country.

ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigerian health authorities are struggling to contain a rapidly spreading meningitis outbreak that has so far killed 151 people across the west African nation, mostly in remote ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has recorded 1,858 suspected cases of Cerebrospinal Meningitis (CSM) and 156 associated deaths since the beginning of the current menin ...

The statement noted that the vaccine doses are part of an emergency response campaign targeting individuals aged one to 29 years, the most affected group. Nigeria has received over one million ...

The outbreak, caused by the meningococcus C and W strains, coincides with Nigeria’s dry season, which typically sees a surge in meningitis cases between December and June, peaking in March and ...

According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), the country has recorded 807 suspected cases of cerebrospinal meningitis. PREMIUM TIMES reports that the suspected cases ...

The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has received over 1,000,000 pentavalent meningococcal conjugate vaccine (Men5CV) doses from the Gavi-funded global stockpile to combat the ...