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Meningitis Weekly Bulletin, Week 22 2014 [EN/FR]

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Nigeria
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WHO
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Overview

  • At week 22 of the 2014 epidemic season, two (2) districts in Benin crossed the alert threshold with the following AR: The district of Tanguieta with an AR of 6.2 and the district of Materi with an AR of 5.7. In general the epidemiological situation remains calm in the meningitis belt countries.

  • From week 01 to 22 of the 2014 epidemic season, 11,404 cumulative cases of suspected meningitis were notified with 1,094 deaths, representing a CFR of 9.6%.