Meningitis outbreak outpaces vaccines

In northern Ghana, families are reeling from a deadly meningitis outbreak. The disease spreads fast, striking without warning—one day, a loved one has a fever; the next, they’re gone. Hospitals are struggling to keep up, and fear is growing as more people fall ill. The usual vaccines aren’t working, and doctors are up against a dangerous strain they can’t easily stop. From Ghana’s upper west region, Ridwan Karim Dini-Osman reports. This story was produced with support from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.