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If you are in the midst of an epidemic and are looking for information, the following web pages, links, and downloads might be useful to you:

Control of epidemic meningococcal disease. WHO practical guidelines
Provides information on how to recognize and confirm meningococcal disease, how to manage patients with meningococcal disease, how to prevent the disease, how to detect and confirm an outbreak or an epidemic of meningococcal disease, and how to plan for and respond to an epidemic.

WHO/HQ Health Topics
Provides links to reports, activities, news and events, as well as contacts and partners in the various WHO programs and offices working on meningitis.

 

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