| bacterial meningitis following introduction of hib conjugate vaccine in northern uganda. | st mary's hospital, lacor is in gulu district in northern uganda. owing to conflict and insurgency, the majority of the hospital population live in internally displaced people's camps. there is ongoing public health surveillance of paediatric bacterial meningitis by the hospital. before the introduction of haemophilus influenza type b (hib) conjugate vaccine in june 2002, hib was the leading cause of bacterial meningitis in the area. | 2008 | 18727850 |