New meningitis outbreak

At least one person has died and 10 others have become infected with meningitis following an outbreak of the disease among displaced people in the western province of Benguela, the UN office for the Coordination of HGumanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has reported. In a situation report covering the period 21-27 October, OCHA said the outbreak had been reported among people arriving from a town called Yambala, 10 km south of Cubal. “Due to insecurity, Yambala is inaccessible to humanitarian actors. Monitoring and vaccination programmes targeting the Yambala population in Cubal are on ongoing,” it said. The report gave no further details other than say the outbreak was being monitored by health authorities.