Agence France-Presse: Meningitis epidemic in Niger kills more than 250
“A meningitis epidemic in poverty-stricken Niger has claimed 252 lives since January, a health official said Monday, warning the country was short of vaccines to fight the outbreak. ‘As of May 3,252 people died out of a total of 3,304 cases,’ said Niger’s epidemics surveillance and response director Goumbi Kadade…” (5/4).