Global meningitis is in retreat. Meningitis is one of the top ten infectious killers worldwide, causing an estimated 259,000 deaths in 2023. That’s down by a quarter compared to 2015 and by almost half since 2000, with the sharpest reductions coming in deaths among young children. The biggest gains have come in Africa’s “meningitis belt,” where countries have cut death rates by more than 80% through wider vaccination and better surveillance. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laneur/article/PIIS1474-4422(26)00101-8/abstract
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