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Appeal for 7.5 million doses of meningitis vaccine

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    An appeal on Saturday for 7.5 million doses of vaccine to halt the rapid spread of meningitis in Burkina Faso has drawn an immediate pledge of help from the World Health Organization (WHO).

    “The World Health Organization is going to review its assistance in such an emergency situation,” Dr Azara Bamba, the WHO resident representative, said.

    So far, 587 people have died and at least 3,256 cases recorded. The secretary-general of the Health Ministry, Mathias Some, warned on Saturday that the disease would spread throughout the country if urgent measures were not taken immediately.

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