Sub-Saharan meningitis epidemics could be signaled by weather forecasts
A weather-based surveillance system that could offer advanced warning of outbreaks of meningitis is being piloted across sub-Saharan Africa. Hot and dusty conditions raise the risk of bacterial meningitis. A pilot study is underway that could offer advanced warning of when and where meningitis outbreaks or even epidemics may occur by harnessing state-of-the-art weather …
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