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Ridwan Karim Dini-Osman's reporting project investigates a deadly meningitis outbreak sweeping through Ghana’s Upper West Region, exposing the fragility of the country’s health care system amid ...
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 death toll from cerebrospinal meningitis in Nigeria has risen to 156, up from the previous 74, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC). The latest data, released ...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has confirmed that Nigeria is battling a meningitis outbreak that has led to 151 deaths and 1,826 suspected cases, with a case fatality ...
The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported that the death toll from the ongoing meningitis outbreak has reached 151, with 1,826 suspected cases reported across 23 states. This ...
Coordinating Minister of Health & Social Welfare, Muhammad Ali Pate, said: “The arrival of the Men5CV vaccines is a crucial milestone in Nigeria’s response to the current meningitis outbreak. “It ...
Nigeria is located in an area known as the African Meningitis Belt. Between 2022 and 2023, the country recorded 2,765 suspected cases and 190 deaths, according to NCDC.
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — 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, the government ...
Image by Ridwan Karim Dini-Osman/The World. A meningitis outbreak is sweeping through Ghana’s Upper West region, exposing a struggling health care system. With understaffed hospitals, dwindling ...
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 — Nigeria has received more ...
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 (AP) — Nigeria has ...