Meningitis Outbreak: Your Questions

Eight people in four states have died so far from an outbreak of a rare non-contagious fungal meningitis, an inflammation of membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord.

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  • Meningitis
    The last meningitis outbreak in the Zinder region, occurred in the 2021/2022 season, with a total of 372 cases, including 12 deaths (CFR 3%). Figure 1. Epicurve of cases of meningitis reported in Niger by month, 1 October 2021 - 27 January 2023.
    01/13/2025 - 1:21 pm | View Link
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    Meningitis Weekly bulletin 1 to 7 January 2024
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  • Meningitis
    Meningitis is a devastating disease with a high case fatality rate, which can lead to serious long-term complications (sequelae). Meningitis remains a major global public-health challenge. Epidemics of meningitis are seen across the world, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa.
    01/12/2025 - 10:34 pm | View Link
  • Preventing and controlling meningitis outbreaks
    Prevention of meningococcal cases and outbreaks, through vaccination, is the best control strategy. Licensed vaccines against meningococcal disease have been available for more than 50 years. Vaccines are serogroup specific and the protection they confer is of varying duration, dependent on which type is used. While there have been major improvements in strain coverage and vaccine availability ...
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  • Meningitis
    Polysaccharide vaccines used in outbreak response, mainly in Africa; Conjugate vaccines used in prevention and outbreak response. Protein based vaccine, against N. meningitidis B. It has been introduced into the routine immunization schedule (four countries as of 2020) and used in outbreak response
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