It has different strains but Serotype C accounts for about 80% of the Nigerian outbreak. The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control is supposedly making efforts to bring the outbreak under control. In fact, just 2 years ago, a meningitis epidemic affected almost 10,000 people and killed over 1000 people in Nigeria. When will we ever be prepared to tackle an outbreak of meningitis, a disease that has cut short the lives of so many Nigerians? This Meningitis outbreak shows that the Ministry of Health have no solid plan of action to help prevent such widespread outbreaks.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 27, 2017 11:48 UTC