Nigerian health authorities are struggling to contain a rapidly spreading meningitis outbreak that has so far killed 151 people across the west African nation, mostly in remote parts of the northern r ...

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian health authorities are struggling to contain a rapidly spreading meningitis outbreak that has ...

A meningitis outbreak is sweeping through Ghana’s Upper West region, exposing a struggling health care system. With ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has today published its first-ever global guidelines for meningitis diagnosis, treatment and care, aiming to speed up detection, ensure timely treatment, and ...

Nigeria has received more than 1 million vaccines from the Gavi-funded global stockpile to combat a meningitis outbreak in ...

Millions of deaths could be avoided from meningitis if countries are able to adopt new guidelines designed to diagnose and treat the disease more effectively, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) ...

The two most common infections of AHD are tuberculosis (TB) and an infection of the covering of the brain called Cryptococcal meningitis. People with TB usually have cough, weight loss and night ...

Injuries and certain drugs can also cause such inflammation. On transmission, NCDC said meningitis is transmitted from direct person-to-person contact, including droplets from the nose and throat ...

Nigeria has received more than 1 million meningitis vaccine doses from Gavi-funded global stockpile to combat an outbreak of the deadly disease in Africa's most populous nation, Gavi said on Friday.