Meningitis - Neisseria -- Niger
The United Nations said [Tue 29 Mar 2016], 61 people have died of meningitis in Niger since January [2016], despite mass vaccinations to prevent a possible epidemic.
"From [4 Jan to 13 Mar 2016], 736 cases of meningitis have been recorded in Niger," OCHA [UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs] said. These cases included 61 deaths. 35 percent of the total cases involved children aged between 5 and 14, it said.
The UN, along with medical charity Doctors Without Borders
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/1RsN69l
No comments:
Post a Comment