Gates Foundation Awards Second $5 Million MenAfriNet Grant to Track Emerging Serogroup Shifts Across the Meningitis Belt
In 2019, the Gates Foundation awarded a second $5 million grant to the CDC Foundation for MenAfriNet, sustaining case-based surveillance and laboratory diagnostic capacity across Chad, Burkina Faso, Niger, Mali, and Togo. MenAfriNet's real-time data detected the rise of MenW and MenC serogroups following widespread MenAfriVac (serogroup A) deployment, directly informing next-generation meningococcal vaccine strategy — including the PATH/Biovac MenFive pentavalent ACWYX vaccine that received WHO prequalification in 2023.
Source: https://www.cdcfoundation.org/what/program/menafrinet-meningitis-surveillance-africa
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