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March 22, 2002
INTERNATIONAL IMMUNIZATION NEWS
"35 Die of Meningitis in Nigeria"
Xinhua News Agency (202.84.17.11/en/main.htm)
(03/21/02)
The News Agency of Nigeria reported this week
that meningitis has killed 35 people in northeastern Nigeria, hitting Ganye,
Yola-North, Yola-South and Gombi particularly hard. Ahmadu Sameni, the Adamawa
State commissioner for health, said the Nigerian government, in an effort to
control the disease, has supplied about $45,000 dollars and 245,000 doses of
vaccine to the infected regions.
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