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A new meningitis vaccine (MenAfriVac) is highly effective at protecting against epidemic A meningococcal disease, common in Africa’s meningitis belt where it accounts for at least three quarters of cases, and against transmission of the bacterium...

A new vaccine against meningitis B – one of the most feared diseases, which can quickly kill children or leave them needing limb amputations – is to be made available free on the NHS, The Independent has learnt.

LONDON, 12 September 2013 (IRIN) - A new meningitis vaccine being rolled out in Chad has resulted in an astonishing 94 percent drop in the incidence of all types of the disease, according to a study being published this week in the Lancet.