The grants will enable CDC to work in collaboration with partners to advance the implementation of meningitis and rotavirus vaccines, ensuring global disease protection.

To establish a regional surveillance network—MenAfriNet—to collect and analyze high quality case-based meningitis surveillance data from representative sites across the African meningitis belt. The meningitis surveillance network will evaluate the impact of MenAfriVac to guide research on new vaccines and strategies to optimize impact of existing vaccines.