Information resources
:: Publications
- Réseau de la méningite épidémique - Méningite épidémique: bilan de la saison 2003-2004
- International Coordinating Group (ICG) on Vaccine Provision for Epidemic Meningitis Control. Report of the ninth meeting. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 15-16 December 2003
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The use of polysaccharide trivalent ACW vaccine for the control of epidemic meningococcal disease outbreaks in countries of the African meningitis belt.
Recommendations from an international informal consultation - Activités de surveillance et de réponse à la méningite épidémique pour la saison 2002-2003 dans les pays de la Ceinture africaine. Rapport d'une consultation informelle de l'OMS. Genève, 24-25 juillet 2003
- Prevention and control of epidemic meningococcal disease in Africa. Report of a WHO technical consultation meeting. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 23-24 September 2002
- International Coordinating Group (ICG) on vaccine provision for epidemic meningitis control. Report of the seventh meeting. Geneva, Switzerland, 18-19 September 2001
- Emergence of W135 Meningococcal Disease. Report of a WHO Consultation, Geneva, 17-18 September 2001
- International Coordinating Group (ICG) on vaccine provision for epidemic meningitis control. Report of the sixth meeting. Cairo, Egypt, 20-21 September 2000
- International Coordinating Group (ICG) on vaccine provision for epidemic meningitis control. Report of the fifth meeting. Geneva, Switzerland, 8-9 December 1999
- Laboratory methods for the diagnosis of meningitis caused by Neisseria meningitidis, Streptococcus pneumoniae, and Haemophilus influenzae
:: Articles
- Risk of epidemic meningitis in Africa: a cause for concernWeekly Epidemiological Record 9 March 2007, vol. 82, 10 (pp 77–88)
- Meningococcal meningitis. Weekly Epidemiological Record.Vol. 78, 33, 2003
- Meningitis: WHO appeals for funds. Weekly Epidemiological Record.Vol. 78, 40, 2003
- Meningococcal disease, serogroup W135, Burkino Faso:Preliminary report, 2002. Weekly Epidemiological Record.Vol. 77, 18, 2002
- Epidemics of meningococcal disease, African meningitis belt, 2001. Weekly Epidemiological Record.Vol. 76, 37, 2001
:: International Coordinating Group (ICG) on Vaccine Provision for Epidemic Meningitis Control
- International Coordinating Group (ICG) on Vaccine Provision for Epidemic Meningitis Control. Report of the ninth meeting. Ougadougou, Burkina Faso, 15-16 December 2003
- International Coordinating Group (ICG) on Vaccine Provision for Epidemic Meningitis Control. Report of the eighth meeting. Ougadougou, Burkina Faso, 25-26 September 2002 (French)
- International Coordinating Group (ICG) on Vaccine Provision for Epidemic Meningitis Control. Report of the seventh meeting. Geneva, Switzerland, 18-19 September 2001(French)
- International Coordinating Group (ICG) on Vaccine Provision for Epidemic Meningitis Control. Report of the sixth meeting. Cairo, Egypt, 20-21 September 2000(French)
- International Coordinating Group (ICG) on Vaccine Provision for Epidemic Meningitis Control. Report of the fifth meeting. Geneva, Switzerland, 8-9 December 1999
- International Coordinating Group (ICG) on Vaccine Provision for Epidemic Meningitis Control. Report of the fourth Meeting. Bamako, Mali, 10-11 November 1998(French)
- International Coordinating Group (ICG) on Vaccine Provision for Epidemic Meningitis Control. Summary report of the third meeting. Geneva, Switzerland, 8-9 December 1997
- International Coordinating Group (ICG) on Vaccine Provision for Epidemic Meningitis Control. Summary report of the second meeting. Geneva, Switzerland, 23-24 June 1997
- International Coordinating Group (ICG) on Vaccine Provision for Epidemic Meningitis Control. Summary report. Geneva, Switzerland, 16-17 January 1997
- Response to epidemic meningitis in Africa, 1997. Report by IFRC-MSF-UNICEF-WHO to the International Coordinating Group (ICG)