Nine years ago, a small group of infectious-disease experts gambled on an unorthodox strategy to make a much-needed—and affordable—vaccine for Africa. Last Monday in Burkina Faso, it paid off in spades with the kickoff of a massive campaign to immunize 20 million people in three African countries against deadly meningococcal meningitis by the end of December.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/beginning-end-africas-devastating-meningitis-outbreaks
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/leslie-roberts
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/science
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/meningitis
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/africa
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/infectious-diseases
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/drugs
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/burkina-faso
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/immunisation
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/who
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-care
