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Update on Meningococcal A Vaccine Development and Introduction

General Info

Provider 
Department of Immunization, Vaccines, and Biologicals (World Health Organization)
Tabulations only
Geography 
Benin (BEN)
Burkina Faso (BFA)
Burundi (BDI)
Central African Republic (CAF)
Chad (TCD)
Côte d'Ivoire (CIV)
Democratic Republic of the Congo (COD)
Bas-Congo
Eritrea (ERI)
Ethiopia (ETH)
Ghana (GHA)
Guinea (GIN)
Guinea-Bissau (GNB)
Kenya (KEN)
Mali (MLI)
Mauritania (MRT)
Niger (NER)
Nigeria (NGA)
Rwanda (RWA)
Senegal (SEN)
South Sudan (SSD)
Sudan (SDN)
United Republic of Tanzania (TZA)
Gambia (GMB)
Uganda (UGA)
View all
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
January, 2010 - December, 2016
Data type
Administrative data
Summary 

This presentation, delivered at the WHO Product Development for Vaccines Advisory Committee (PD-VAC) meeting, 7-9 September 2015, provides an update from the Meningitis Vaccine Project (MVP), a collaboration between the WHO and PATH dedicated to eliminating epidemic meningitis in sub-Saharan Africa. It covers the introduction and rollout in 26 countries of MenAfriVac, a vaccine developed by the project to protect infants of less than a year to people up to 29 years of age in the African meningitis belt against meningococcal bacterium Neisseria meningitidis group A.

Keywords 
Immunization, Meningococcal vaccines

Citation

Contributors 
Department of Immunization, Vaccines, and Biologicals (World Health Organization)
Authors 
Preziosi MP
Suggested citation 

Preziosi MP, Department of Immunization, Vaccines, and Biologicals (World Health Organization). Update on Meningococcal A Vaccine Development and Introduction. Presented at: WHO Product Development for Vaccines Advisory Committee Meeting (PD-VAC); 2015 Sep 7-9; Geneva, Switzerland.


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