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Parents and children waiting during a meningitis A vaccination session in Chad. Credit: Gavi/2018

Five ways meningitis vaccines are saving lives

1 Oct 2024

3 min read

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Frank Rogers

Meningitis in your words: Frank Rogers's story

1 Oct 2024

5 min read

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Nwandieze Fortune Onyedikachi

Meningitis in your words: Nwandieze's story

30 Sep 2024

3 min read

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A mother and her child at a MenAfriVac (meningitis A) vaccination session in Burkina Faso. Credit: Gavi/2017/Juliette Bastin.

Meningitis: a VaccinesWork briefing

30 Sep 2024

4 min read

Spotlight on meningitis Meningitis

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

"We could save millions of lives lost to meningitis – but we need more awareness and better funding"

23 Jul 2024

9 min read

Meningitis Spotlight on meningitis

Meningitis bacteria can cause severe meningitis and generalised infection particularly in children. 3D illustration of meningitis bacteria

Nigeria is pioneering a new vaccine to fight meningitis - why this matters

2 May 2024

5 min read

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Children with their vaccination cards during a vaccination campaign against meningitis A in Chad. Credit: Gavi/2018

Five things you need to know about the world’s latest weapon against bacterial meningitis

25 Mar 2024

6 min read

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José Manuel Barroso, Chair of the Gavi Board, speaking during the Gavi, an Alliance Fit for the Future session at the MTR Gavi Meeting in Madrid, Spain, 2023. Credit: Gavi/Benedikt von Loebell

“A Pivotal Year for the Vaccine Alliance”: A preview of what’s coming at this week’s Gavi Board meeting

4 Dec 2023

5 min read

Routine immunisation Market shaping Meningitis

On top of the world. Credit: Ilaria Cariello

How I conquered Everest after losing my limbs to meningitis

26 Oct 2023

5 min read

A meningococcal vaccination session in Burkina Faso in 2017. Credit: GAVI/2017/Juliette Bastin

How Africa defeated meningitis A

5 Oct 2023

11 min read

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The fungus Aspergillus fumigatus. This fungus can cause a number of disorders in people with compromised immune function or other lung diseases. Credit: Kateryna Kon/Science Photo Library/GettyImages

Fungal infections in the brain aren’t just the stuff of movies – Africa grapples with a deadly epidemic

14 Jul 2023

5 min read

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A rack of test tubes in a lab. Credit: Mat Napo on Unsplash

Vaccine trial boosts hope of eliminating meningococcal disease in sub-Saharan Africa

26 May 2023

4 min read

Meningitis Vaccine development

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