Indian-made vaccine approved to fight meningitis in Africa

Indian-made vaccine approved to fight meningitis in Africa

ACCRA: A vaccine against meningitis prepared by an Indian company has been approved by the World Health Organisation (WHO), paving the way for its use to eradicate the disease in sub-Saharan Africa.

The MenAfriVac vaccine was developed by the Indian company, Serum Institute of India Limited (SIIL), under a project of the global non-profit health organisation PATH and the WHO.

“Developing the MenAfriVac vaccine fits exactly (with) Serum’s ingrained philosophy of bringing down pr ..