Meningitis C vaccine shortage prompts fears of major outbreak in Africa

International public health organisations are appealing to pharmaceutical companies to help stem the rising number of cases of meningitis C A shortage of meningitis C vaccine is threatening to jeopardise the ability to cope with a potential outbreak of the disease in Africa, international public health organisations, including the World Health Organisation, have warned. A Meningitis A vaccine introduced in 2010, MenAfriVac, has dramatically reduced incidence of that strain but type C infections ...