Nigeria receives over 1m meningitis vaccine doses to combat outbreak

The Ministry of Health has received over 1,000,000 doses of the pentavalent meningococcal conjugate vaccine (Men5CV) to combat the ongoing meningitis outbreak in northern Nigeria.   A statement on Friday,April 4, confirmed that the vaccines were sourced from the Gavi-funded global stockpile. The outbreak has already resulted in more than 70 deaths and over 800…

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