The Federal Government declared, yesterday, that a total of $1.1 billion was needed to tackle the outbreak of Cerebrospinal Meningitis in five states of the north. He said: "To vaccinate a total population of 22 million in the five affected states will cost $1.1billion; the cost of vaccines alone. He said: "I applaud FG, Ministry of Health, stakeholders and WHO's efforts to fight meningitis in Nigeria. "I spoke to Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, on the meningitis outbreak to assure him of Senate's support." "With a 15% mortality rate, the Senate stands ready to respond quickly to any request for emergency assistance for meningitis."

Source: The North Africa Journal April 04, 2017 02:26 UTC