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More than 12 million people in Burkino Faso will be the first to receive a new meningitis vaccine as part of an Africa-wide immunization plan, the World Health Organisation said on Monday.

The World Health Organization says it is launching a $1.5 billion campaign, hopefully including a new vaccine, to eliminate outbreaks of bacterial meningitis across Africa by 2030.

The African meningitis belt is a region of 26 countries in sub-Saharan Africa where the rate of incidence of meningitis is very high.

Press Release - Researchers at Burnet Institute, in collaboration with Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, have provided the world's first ever look at the historical impact of emergency vaccination efforts ...

Meningococcal meningitis – an infection of the meninges, the thin lining that surrounds the brain and spinal cord – is most prevalent in Africa’s ‘meningitis belt’, which stretches ...

Meningitis, particularly meningococcal meningitis, is a significant health concern in Northern Nigeria, which lies within the “African meningitis belt,” a region known for seasonal outbreaks.

But it disproportionately affects the Meningitis Belt, which stretches across 26 countries in Africa and is home to hundreds of millions of people.

Meningitis vaccinations for more than 50 million children in Africa have been delayed amid the COVID-19 pandemic, prompting fears of a resurgence of the deadly disease.