Meningitis

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Earlier in 2025, Nigeria became the first country to receive the new MenFive vaccine from the Gavi-funded global stockpile. Credit: UNICEF Nigeria/Adeokun Adesegun

In Garkida, northern Nigeria, the dry wind no longer brings death

3 Jul 2025

7 min read

Meningitis Spotlight on meningitis Spotlight on stockpiles

Photomicrograph revealing the histopathology in an acute case of gonococcal urethritis using Gram-stain technique. Credit: CDC/ Joe Millar.

UK launches world’s first roll-out of meningitis B vaccine to combat gonorrhoea

28 May 2025

3 min read

Children after receiving yje meningitis vaccine in Kebbi, Nigeria. Credit: Nuoluwapo Abdullah, UNICEF

In Nigeria’s Kebbi state, vaccines are curbing a deadly meningitis outbreak

16 May 2025

6 min read

Meningitis Spotlight on stockpiles

MenFive vaccines from the Gavi-funded global stockpile, delivered by UNICEF, arrive in Nigeria. Credit: UNICEF Nigeria/2024/Adeokun Adesegun

What is the meningitis vaccine stockpile?

28 Apr 2025

4 min read

Meningitis Spotlight on stockpiles

The Uzbekistan's Committee for Religious Affairs Pilgrims. Credit: Rasulova Madina

Uzbekistan makes meningitis vaccination mandatory for hajj pilgrims amid rising health concerns

13 Mar 2025

5 min read

A family sit outside their home in Niamey, Niger. Gavi/Niger/Isaac Griberg

How a familiar data management tool – and a brand new vaccine – helped Niger beat a major meningitis outbreak

16 Jan 2025

9 min read

Meningitis Outbreaks Innovation

In March 2024, Nigeria became the first country to receive the new MenFive vaccine from the Gavi-funded global stockpile, with a shipment delivered by UNICEF. Credit: UNICEF Nigeria/2024/Adeokun Adesegun

How a new vaccine stamped out a meningitis flare-up in Nigeria's Jigawa State

24 Oct 2024

7 min read

Meningitis Spotlight on stockpiles

Mothers and children at a vaccination spot in Buduburam in the Gomoa East District of Ghana. Credit: The Global Fund/Nana Kofi Acquah

The Ghanaian NGO shining a light on meningitis

22 Oct 2024

4 min read

Sarah Joyce. Credit: Meningitis Research Foundation.

Meningitis in your words: Sarah Joyce's story

4 Oct 2024

2 min read

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Ellie Challis. Credit: Meningitis Research Foundation and Sanofi

Ellie Challis: meet the Paralympian flying the flag for meningitis

4 Oct 2024

4 min read

Spotlight on meningitis Meningitis

Chelsea: Credit: Meningitis Research Foundation

Meningitis in your words: Chelsea's story

3 Oct 2024

3 min read

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Credit: Moin Abbas/Flickr

Living with the after-effects of meningitis

2 Oct 2024

9 min read

Spotlight on meningitis Meningitis The long tail

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