Recent news
August 2010
Recently prequalified meningitis vaccine distribution scheduled for October
A new meningitis vaccine, recently prequalified by the World Health Organization (WHO), will be distributed for the first time in October through a mass campaign in Burkina Faso. The vaccine was developed by WHO and the organization PATH, and it is expected to cost less than $1 per dose. The largest burden of meningococcal meningitis occurs in an area of sub-Saharan Africa known as the meningitis belt. During the 2009 epidemic meningitis season, 14 African countries reported 78,416 suspected cases of the disease, including 4,053 deaths. See the links below for more details.
