World Health Organization

New meningitis threat being contained by web of partnerships

Published in Law and Health Weekly, May 8th, 2004

A rare strain of meningitis, which re-emerged recently in Burkina Faso, would have left health authorities helpless just 2 years ago. Now, thanks to 2 years of work orchestrated by the World Health Organization (WHO), the strain (known as W135) has been rapidly identified and a mass-action campaign is now controlling the outbreak.

"At last, we have the tools to contain small outbreaks like this one before they cripple an entire region," said Dr. Michael J. Ryan, coordinator of WHO's Global Alert and Response unit.

Meningitis sweeps across sub-Saharan Africa every year, sometimes triggering outbreaks involving 100,000 people or more. But mass-response...

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