Meningitis in Africa occurs typically in belt across the semi-desert Sahel region just to the south of the Sahara desert. Outbreaks of meningococcal meningitis occur regularly in this region which includes the hunting country of Ethiopia.

• Meningitis is of little risk to hunters even when an outbreak is occuring. Someone intending to live closely with local people should really be immunized beforehand.
• Hunters who may have had their spleen surgically removed should be immunized even if they are only passing through the meningitis belt. Their chances of developing meningitis are much increased.

Related topics:

• Health During Hunt
• Health After Hunt
• Polio
• Tetanus
• Diphtheria
• Tuberculosis
• Measles
• Yellow Fever
• Typhoid
• Hepatitis
• Rabies
• Cholera
• Schistosomiasis
• Malaria
• Malaria In African Hunting Countries
• African Tick Bite Fever
• Sleeping Sickness