In August 12, Nigeria introduced the Meningitis “A” Conjugate Vaccine into the routine Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) schedule. Findings revealed that Meningitis ‘A’ remains a major global challenge and 25 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) fall within the meningitis belt; putting 26 percent of the Nigerian population at risk. According to a research conducted in April, 2017 which is in the public domain, findings also showed that reported cases of Meningitis is 32, and of that number, 12 people had died.
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