Meningitis: WHO inaugurates vaccination in Niger after scores died

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The UN health agency, in a statement, said the vaccination campaign against meningitis outbreak began on Thursday.Niger is one of 26 African countries where the disease is endemic and persistently poses a high risk in the so-called African meningitis belt. Other regions such as Agadez, Zinder and Dosso also require urgent intervention to confront high infection rates, the UN health agency said.To help protect at-risk communities, the WHO is joining forces with several technical and financial partners to respond to the epidemic with a new vaccine.At Premium Times, we firmly believe in the importance of high-quality journalism.

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