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Nigeria: Fighting the Worst Meningitis C Outbreak Since 2008
MSF, 9 May 2017
Thousands of men, women, and children in northern Nigeria have been affected by a meningitis C outbreak, reportedly the largest to hit the country in the past nine years. Almost… Read more »
Nigeria Fighting the Worst Meningitis C Outbreak Since 2008
Thousands of men, women, and children have been affected by a meningitis C outbreak, reportedly the largest to hit the country in the past nine years. Médecins Sans Frontières teams have vaccinated about 850 people per day for seven days to reach a target population of 148,000 people between the ages of one and twenty years.
Member of MSF Nigeria Emergency Response Unit (NERU) attends a woman in the meningitis treatment center run by MSF in Sokoto Mutalah Mohamad Hospital.
Members of MSF Nigeria Emergency Response Unit (NERU) attending patients in the meningitis treatment center run by MSF in Sokoto Mutalah Mohamad Hospital.
Members of MSF Nigeria Emergency Response Unit (NERU) precede to make the triage to the people arriving in the meningitis treatment center run by MSF in Sokoto Mutalah Mohamad Hospital.
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At least 813 people have been killed by meningitis since the outbreak of the epidemic in the country 16 weeks ago, says Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole. The minister ... Read more »
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