Nigeria: Leading the Charge - Nigeria's Milestone in Meningitis Vaccination.

[Nigeria Health Watch] Vaccines are by far one of the greatest inventions known to mankind, making it possible to eradicate diseases such as smallpox and prevent other potentially deadly diseases like malaria and polio. Through global immunisation efforts, an estimated 154 million lives -- or the equivalent of 6 lives every minute of every year over the past 50 years -- majority of which were infants have been saved. To provide a complete picture -- in many countries, infants now have a significantly higher chance of reaching