This article, featured in Science in Africa, outlines the burden of meningoccoal disease in Africa and discusses various projects to develop a new meningococcal vaccine for Africa that can provide long-term protection across all age groups and that can break the transmission chain.

Author(s): Bagchi S

Published: 2004

Resource types: Newsletter/article

Diseases: Meningococcus

Topics: Disease/vaccine specific information

Regions: Africa