
DR Congo declares meningitis outbreak in north-eastern province
World Health Organization Africa (Brazzaville) Kinshasa — The Democratic Republic of the Congo has declared an outbreak of meningitis in the north-eastern Tshopo Province where 261 suspected cases and 129 deaths – a high case fatality ratio of 50% – have been reported. Confirmatory tests carried out by the Institut Pasteur in Paris detected Neisseria […]