W.H.O . In the past week , 1,071 suspected cases and 30 deaths have been reported , the W.H.O . said . : Meningitis killed more than 200 people in the first 11 weeks of 2009 in Nigeria and Nigeria . Outbreak stretches across African `` meningitis belt , '' at epidemic levels in 1,500 areas . Vaccine shortage forces an `` effective prevention '' approach . 76 suspected cases , 25,000 deaths in the belt in the first 11 weeks of 2009 .
W.H.O . : Meningitis killed more than 200 people in the first 11 weeks of 2009 in Nigeria and Nigeria . Outbreak stretches across African `` meningitis belt , '' at epidemic levels in 1,500 areas . Vaccine shortage forces an `` effective prevention '' approach . 76 suspected cases , 25,000 deaths in the belt in the first 11 weeks of 2009 .