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In April 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) praised Nigeria for being the first country to roll out a “revolutionary” meningitis vaccine, Men5CV.
While meningitis was an “old and deadly foe”, the new vaccine could help save lives and prevent future outbreaks, said WHO director-general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
The WHO’s global goal is to cut vaccine-preventable meningitis cases by 50% and deaths by 70%, potentially saving over 200,000 lives each year.
Between October 2023 and March 2024, a meningitis outbreak in the country killed 153 people, prompting a vaccination campaign targeting over 1 million people aged 29 and below.
Tedros added that Nigeria was moving closer to the “total goal” of eliminating meningitis by 2030. But just a year later, Africa’s most populous country is in the throes of another outbreak…
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