Meningitis Vaccine May Prevent One Million Cases Over Decade

Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger report the lowest number of confirmed meningitis A cases ever recorded during an epidemic season this year following the successful introduction of a new vaccine that could eliminate the primary cause of the deadly disease from AfricaÂÂ’s meningitis belt.

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