| priority during a meningitis epidemic: vaccination or treatment? | from november 1995 to may 1996, a meningitis epidemic occurred in northern nigeria. more than 75,000 cases and 8440 deaths (case fatality rate (cfr), 11%) were recorded. médecins sans frontières, in cooperation with the nigerian government, carried out an assistance programme (support to case management, surveillance and mass vaccination) in three states (bauchi, kano, katsina) where 75% of cases occurred. cost analysis of this assistance in katsina state reveals that case management and mass va ... | 1998 | 9648353 |