subject: Want to change the world? How clinical research can save millions of people each year… [print this page] e.)Meningococcal meningitis: Twenty-one countries in Africa have been identified as the "African meningitis belt." In the past decade 700 000 people have been diagnosed with the illness, of which between 10-20% have died and 20% have been left permanently disabled. Current vaccines are not particularly effective and new research and drug trials are on the way to find a vaccine with a long-lasting effect that can, amongst other things, create immunity in infants and is suitable for mass immunization programs.
Want to change the world? How clinical research can save millions of people each year
