DAKAR, 12 March 2010 (IRIN) – This year there are less than half the reported meningitis infections than in the same period in 2009, but more patients are dying – 13 percent in 2010 versus 8 percent in 2009 – according to the World Health Organization (WHO) Multi-Disease Surveillance Centre in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, which tracks 14 countries prone to meningitis outbreaks between Senegal and Ethiopia.
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WEST AFRICA: Fewer meningitis cases but more deadly
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