ISHOLA MICHAEL writes about the recent outbreak of meningitis, a deadly disease, in northwestern Nigeria, and how it was brought under control as government health authorities collaborated with ...

The World Health Organization is warning of a resurgence of deadly meningitis in Africa because COVID-19 has disrupted lifesaving vaccination campaigns. The near elimination of the deadly form of ...

The Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)/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 ...

The World Health Organization on Thursday said it is launching a $1.5 billion campaign, hopefully including a new vaccine, to eliminate outbreaks of bacterial meningitis across Africa by 2030.

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 ...

An effective, affordable, multivalent meningococcal conjugate vaccine is needed to prevent epidemic meningitis in the African meningitis belt. Data on the safety and immunogenicity of NmCV-5 ...

Giant African land snails can carry a parasite called rat lungworm, known to cause meningitis in humans and livestock. A quarantine has been set into place in response. It's big, it's back and it ...

Meningitis vaccinations for more than 50 million children in Africa have been delayed amid the COVID-19 pandemic, prompting fears of a resurgence of the deadly disease. In “a race against time ...