Meningitis - Neisseria -- Nigeria
The Federal Government says it has deployed epidemiologists and vaccines to arrest the outbreak of a new a strain of cerebrospinal meningitis (CSM) in parts of the country.
The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole said this on [Thu 16 Mar 2017] in Abuja that the new strain, which is not common in Nigeria, was imported from Niger Republic. Adewole said that the new strain requires a different type of vaccine and a team of epidemiologists has been deployed to address the challenge.
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