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Nigeria receives Gavi-funded meningitis vaccines, to aid response to outbreak

Peter Anayo
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......