Nigeria receives Gavi-funded meningitis vaccines, to aid response to outbreak
AKOR SYLVESTER, Abuja Nigeria has received over 1,000,000 pentavalent meningococcal conjugate vaccine (Men5CV) from the Gavi-funded global stockpile to combat the meningococcus C and W outbreak in Northern Nigeria. The outbreak has already claimed over 70 lives, with more than 800 cases across 23 states. Seasonal outbreaks......