Meningitis: Nigeria receives over 1 million doses of Men5CV vaccine to combat outbreak 

Nigeria’s Ministry of Health has received over 1,000,000 doses of 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 reported across 23 states. Seasonal outbreaks are common during the dry […]

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