Nijeriya irimo gutera intambwe nini mu kurwanya meningite itangiza urukingo rushya rw’impinduramatwara, Men5CV. Iyi ni inkuru nkuru kuko uru rukingo rurinda amoko atanu yingenzi ya bagiteri ya meningococal mugutera inshinge imwe. Meningite ni indwara iteje akaga ishobora guhitana abantu, ariko uru rukingo rushya rushobora kurokora ubuzima bw’abantu benshi kandi rugafasha kwirinda icyorezo kizaza.
Meningitis ni ugutwika imyenda ikikije ubwonko nu mugongo biterwa na bagiteri, virusi cyangwa izindi virusi. Muri Afurika, aho usanga ibyago byo kurwara meningite ari byinshi, uru rukingo rushya ni intambwe ikomeye yatewe mu kurwanya iyi ndwara.
Nijeriya, kimwe mu bihugu byibasiwe cyane na meningite muri Afurika, yatangije gahunda yo gukingira yatewe inkunga n’umuryango wa Gavi mu rwego rwo kurinda abantu barenga miliyoni bafite hagati y’imyaka 1 na 29. Iyi gahunda igamije guhagarika ikwirakwizwa ry’indwara, cyane cyane mu turere twibasiwe cyane n’indwara ya meningite yica. Uru rukingo rugaragaza ibyiringiro bishya ku baturage ba Nijeriya, cyane cyane mu turere twibasiwe n’indwara. Hamwe n’iyi ntambwe, abashinzwe ubuzima ubu bafite igikoresho gikomeye cyo kurwanya meningite no kurokora ubuzima.
