situated in the area known as the African Meningitis Belt. Last year, there was a 50% jump in annual meningitis cases reported across Africa. In Nigeria, an outbreak of Neisseria meningitidis ...

The Upper West Region has seen 17 suspected cases of cerebrospinal meningitis, resulting in six confirmed deaths, as reported ...

Saudi Arabia will require all travelers, including those on Hajj and Umrah pilgrimages, to present a valid meningitis ...

Togolese authorities confirmed over the weekend a resurgence of new meningitis cases in the Dankpen district, located in the ...

Bacterial meningitis has caused epidemics, outbreaks, and thousands of deaths in Africa’s meningitis belt for more than 200 years. Beginning in 2010, mass vaccination campaigns with the MenAfriVac ...

Early on, however, tests ruled out Ebola, as well as Lassa fever. According to the CDC, N meningitidis causes illnesses globally, but the highest prevalence is in the "meningitis belt" of sub-Saharan ...

a region the World Health Organisation refers to as Meningitis Belt. "Meningitis carries a high mortality rate if untreated yet it is a vaccine-preventable disease," said Lumba. The new vaccine ...

Between 1988 and 1997, 704,000 cases of meningitis and 100,000 deaths were reported in the so-called "African meningitis belt," which stretches from Ethiopia in East Africa to The Gambia in the west.

Niger lies in the middle of the meningitis belt, which stretches from Senegal to Ethiopia, a region of roughly 300 million people. Niger is hyperendemic for the disease, and was one of the first ...

The Upper West Region has recorded 17 suspected cases of cerebrospinal meningitis (CSM), resulting in six confirmed deaths, ...

The Upper West Region has reported 17 suspected cases of cerebrospinal meningitis, with six confirmed deaths, according to ...

Cerebrospinal meningitis is a life-threatening condition common in Ghana’s meningitis belt, typically peaking during the dry season from October to March. It is caused by bacterial infections ...