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| 07 March 2002, Meningococcal disease in Burkina Faso |
7 March 2002
Meningococcal disease in Burkina Faso
WHO has received reports of 201 cases including 36 deaths from 4 February
until 10 February in the country. The district of Diebougou, with a population of c. 86 000 has reached the epidemic threshold with 9 cases including 3 deaths reported in the same period. (For more details about the epidemic threshold principle, see the article in the Weekly Epidemiological Record.)
A mass vaccination campaign has begun in the district and case management
activities are being reinforced. The Burkina Faso Ministry of Health has a
stock of 946 500 doses of vaccine and 24 889 doses of oily chloramphenicol
to confront the epidemic.
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