Niger battles meningitis outbreak

Shulenchini Niger zinafungwa kwa siku kadha wakati nchi hiyo inapojaribu kukabilian na mlipuko wa ugonjwa wa uti wa mgongo

All schools in and around Niger's capital, Niamey, are to stay shut until Monday because of a meningitis outbreak that has killed 85 people this year.

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A mass vaccination programme against meningitis A in Africa has been a "stunning success", say experts.

A Scottish nurse who contracted Ebola while working in West Africa is recovering well after the virus caused her to develop meningitis.

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Four years after it was first used in a mass vaccination campaign, the MenAfriVac vaccine has achieved an extraordinary outcome; cases of meningitis A have dropped to almost zero in the epidemic belt across Africa.

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