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December 27, 2002
INTERNATIONAL IMMUNIZATION NEWS
"Ethiopia: Meningitis 'Epidemic' Claims Five Lives in a Month in South" BBC Worldwide Monitoring (www.bbc.co.uk) (12/25/02)
An epidemic of meningitis in South Ethiopia Regional State has led to 26 infections, including five deaths, according to Meskele Lira, the bureau head of communicable diseases prevention and control department head. The outbreak is the result of dry and warm weather, he said. Health officials have started administering meningitis shots to area residents, and medicine for up to 120,000 people has been sent to the region as well.
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