Nigeria prey to more deadly meningitis outbreaks amid vaccine shortage

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Nigeria prey to more deadly meningitis outbreaks amid vaccine shortage [1]

DAKAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Hit by one of its deadliest meningitis outbreaks in years, with more than 1,000 deaths, Nigeria could struggle to contain future epidemics due to a shortage of

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14/06/2017

Source: Reuters (Africa) [2]

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