Meningitis jab in Africa a ‘stunning success’

A mass vaccination programme against meningitis A in Africa has been a “stunning success”, say experts. More than 220 million people were immunised across 16 countries in the continent’s meningitis belt. In 2013 there were just four cases across the entire region, which once faced thousands of deaths each year. However, there are fresh warnings […]

A mass vaccination programme against meningitis A in Africa has been a “stunning success”, say experts.
More than 220 million people were immunised across 16 countries in the continent’s meningitis belt.
In 2013 there were just four cases across the entire region, which once faced thousands of deaths each year.
However, there are fresh warnings from the World Health Organization that “huge epidemics” could return unless a new vaccination programme is started.
The meningitis belt stretches across sub-Saharan Africa from Gambia in the west to Ethiopia in the east.