What you can do about the Meningitis Outbreak

You can get vaccinated.

The current meningitis outbreak is particularly worrisome because all previous epidemics were caused by Neisseria Meningitides type ‘A’ but this year we are recording Neisseria Meningitides type C in epidemic proportion for the first time.

You can continue to protect yourself by
vaccination with the relevant sero-type of the meningococcal vaccine.

The government says there are free vaccines available at primary health clinics. However, the free vaccine seem to be exhausted or unavailable forcing residents in Kubwa to be reportedly paying N500 for the CSM vaccine to an NGO.

The NGO the Malady Chase Foundation in conjunction with the Kubwa General Hospital is offering the Meningitis as well as Hepatitis B vaccines to both adults and children for N500 each.

The Meningitis vaccine goes without testing while it is recommended you take a free test first if you're interested in the Hepatitis B vaccine.


According to Dr. Ajis Eleazar, the Chairman of the Malady Chase Foundation, the test becomes necessary because if one is already infected with Hepatitis B the option then is treatment and or management of the disease not vaccination.