Elimination of Epidemic Meningitis in the African Region: Progress and Challenges: 2010-2016

Autor: Mamoudou Harouna Djingarey, Joseph Okeibunor, Olivier Ronveaux, Bartholomew Dicky Akanmori, Richard Mihigo, Marie-Pierre Preziosi, Andre Bita, Clement Lingani, Carole Tevi-Benissan, Amadou Fall
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Journal of immunological sciences
Popis: Background: Epidemics of meningococcal disease constitute a major public health challenge in Africa, affecting mostly the 24 countries of the meningitis belt. These epidemics led to a call for a call for a safe, effective and affordable conjugate vaccine against the major serogroup responsible for recent epidemics by leaders of the region. Objective: This paper documents experiences with efforts at eliminating epidemic meningitis in the African Region. Method: The meningoccocal serogroup A conjugate vaccine was developed, licensed and offered to more than 235 million people through mass vaccination campaigns in 16 countries since 2010. Future plans include providing the vaccine to the remaining countries in the African Meningitis Belt and, to implement the vaccine into routine national infant immunization programme and to organise catch-up immunization campaigns every 5 years for unvaccinated
Databáze: OpenAIRE