New vaccine drives Africa meningitis cases to lowest in decade

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New vaccine drives Africa meningitis cases to lowest in decade

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/vaccine-drives-africa-meningitis-cases-lowest-decade-202307147.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/EwCiZL_CKM.zM59CnuisDA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-06-06T210709Z_1_CBRE9551MNZ00_RTROPTP_2_SUDAN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Children register for a meningitis vaccination at School for Midwives in El Daein" align="left" title="Children register for a meningitis vaccination at School for Midwives in El Daein" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - Case numbers in Africa's meningitis season this year were the lowest in 10 years thanks to a cheap new vaccine designed to treat a type of the disease common in the so-called meningitis belt, the World Health Organization said on Thursday. The vaccine, called MenAfriVac, was developed with funding from the Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation specifically for use against meningitis A, a type which causes regular epidemics in Africa. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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