Meningitis A Vaccine Helping African Nations Pursue Disease’s Elimination

PATH Blog: Celebrating in Africa: the end of the reign of meningitis
Steve Davis, president and CEO of PATH, discusses progress against meningitis A in Africa, saying the bacterial infection has been nearly eliminated with the development and widespread use of the MenAfriVac vaccine (2/22).

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