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A new roadmap for meningitis.
- Source :
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Lancet . 4/18/2020, Vol. 395 Issue 10232, p1230-1230. 1p. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- An ambitious and far-sighted plan focusing for the first time on a universal reduction of the burden of disease caused by meningitis is scheduled for discussion at this year's World Health Assembly in May. The proposal - titled Defeating Meningitis by 2030 - highlights bacterial meningitis, for which progress in the reduction of both mortality and morbidity has substantially lagged behind that made with other vaccine-preventable diseases. For example, the introduction of MenAfriVac, a meningococcal group A conjugate vaccine developed for use in the African meningitis belt, reduced the overall burden of suspected meningitis disease by around 60%. [Extracted from the article]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01406736
- Volume :
- 395
- Issue :
- 10232
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Lancet
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 142833477
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30865-5