10 Aug Govt To Introduce New Meningitis Vaccine In December
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The Guardian, Nigeria
Determined to sustain the 5000 percent reduction (from about 50,000 to not more than a 1000) in cases of cerebro-spinal meningitis (CSM) recorded by the country from 2009 and 2011, the Federal Government, in collaboration with Global Alliance for Vaccine Initiative (GAVI) and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, will between December 5 and 15, 2011 begin the first ever mass campaign with the new Meningococcal A conjugate vaccine.