Cases of meningitis are surging in Africa, and the United Nations links the increase to a widely ignored environmental ...

the vaccine is designed to be used by populations living in the sub-Saharan Africa, a region the World Health Organisation refers to as Meningitis Belt. "Meningitis carries a high mortality rate ...

He said: "The highest burden of CSM in Nigeria occurs in the "Meningitis Belt" which includes all 19 ... AllAfrica is a voice of, by and about Africa - aggregating, producing and distributing ...