MEDSF Meningitis https://www.medsf.org/rss/meningitis en “We should take every opportunity to vaccinate against deadly diseases” https://www.medsf.org/%E2%80%9Cwe-should-take-every-opportunity-vaccinate-against-deadly-diseases%E2%80%9D Interview with Miriam Alía, MEDSF vaccination and outbreak response advisor, on the outbreaks of meningitis C and measles that have affected Niger in 2018. Thu, 05 Jul 2018 12:20:55 +0000 8fbf0c67-2cb0-405a-968e-e56df92ea651 Nigeria, meningitis C: “The lack of diagnostics and available treatments are the main challenges” https://www.medsf.org/nigeria-meningitis-c-%E2%80%9C-lack-diagnostics-and-available-treatments-are-main-challenges%E2%80%9D "This is reported to be the largest outbreak of meningitis C we have seen in nine years in Nigeria.” Tue, 30 May 2017 16:37:44 +0000 79cd48e8-9cf9-47c2-a8b4-87b7a50be06a Meningitis C: MEDSF responds to declared outbreaks in Nigeria and Niger https://www.medsf.org/meningitis-c-msf-responds-declared-outbreaks-nigeria-and-niger In Niger, MEDSF conducted vaccination campaigns with local authorities for more than 463,800 people – aged between two and 20 years – in 28 health areas Tue, 30 May 2017 16:21:20 +0000 40cdf3a2-fece-4ea1-b751-0d5bb3393f05 Niger: MEDSF teams support vaccination campaign against meningitis C outbreak https://www.medsf.org/niger-msf-teams-support-vaccination-campaign-against-meningitis-c-outbreak The Ministry of Public Health and MEDSF teams have vaccinated more than 358,800 people in the most affected areas. Mon, 22 May 2017 09:29:29 +0000 141aa0e5-0413-4952-ab40-b24410b27326 Nigeria: Fighting the worst meningitis C outbreak since 2008 https://www.medsf.org/nigeria-fighting-worst-meningitis-c-outbreak Thousands of men, women, and children in northern Nigeria have been affected by a meningitis C outbreak, reportedly the largest to hit the country in the past nine years. Tue, 09 May 2017 09:02:52 +0000 df987b1e-aa15-48ca-8d0a-7316cf8cbd62 Niger: MEDSF teams respond to two epidemics and ward off a third https://www.medsf.org/niger-msf-teams-respond-two-epidemics-and-ward-third With simultaneous epidemics of meningitis and measles in Niger, teams from MEDSF have been supporting the Ministry of Health in its efforts to bring them under control, while taking steps to prevent cholera spreading from neighbouring Nigeria. “In the struggle to prevent the epidemics from spreading, our current priority is to administer vaccinations in areas where displaced people are coming into contact with the local population,” says MEDSF emergency coordinator Augustin Ngoyi. Thu, 26 May 2016 14:19:32 +0000 49a53211-81c6-4583-8630-e33c0f695020 Niger: MEDSF responds to a meningitis epidemic https://www.medsf.org/niger-msf-responds-meningitis-epidemic Wed, 04 May 2016 08:13:50 +0000 0d91190e-9233-4e1b-9d38-8866e4c3d70e More than 73,000 children vaccinated in an unprecedented campaign https://www.medsf.org/more-73000-children-vaccinated-unprecedented-campaign Our head of mission in the Central African Republic talks about MEDSF's unprecedented vaccination campaign Tue, 29 Mar 2016 16:38:16 +0000 e5b37cbe-6390-432b-a247-0cb1324e0fe6 Gallery: Massive 8-disease vaccination campaign in the Central African Republic https://www.medsf.org/gallery-massive-8-disease-vaccination-campaign-central-african-republic Fri, 25 Mar 2016 10:30:54 +0000 1a0dfbb2-e489-4022-8a18-c8290fbb6000 Access: High vaccine prices hamper immunisation efforts in Africa, but are missing from agenda of key vaccination conference https://www.medsf.org/access-high-vaccine-prices-hamper-immunisation-efforts-africa-are-missing-agenda-key-vaccination "If vaccine prices continue to spiral out of control, we will continue to see countries in Africa and around the world faced with difficult decisions about which deadly diseases they can and can’t afford to protect their children against," says Dr Myriam Henkens, International Medical Coordinator at MEDSF. "Ministers at this conference literally can’t afford to waste this opportunity to again speak out against high prices and push for change." Wed, 24 Feb 2016 06:32:02 +0000 f0a576d6-2bca-4381-86a9-c37261218528