Ulan Bator, Feb. 4 -- Mongolia is set to receive 2,000 doses of meningococcal vaccine next week, Health Minister Togtmol Munkhsaikhan said here on Monday.
Munkhsaikhan made the remarks while working alongside Socorro Escalante, the World Health Organization's (WHO) resident representative in Mongolia, at the National Center for Communicable Diseases (NCCD).
Their discussions focused on the ongoing outbreak of meningococcal meningitis, preparedness measures, vaccination efforts, and diagnostics to identify various strains of the infectious agent.
"The meningococcal vaccine is administered as an epidemiological measure in response to an outbreak, rather than as part of routine immunization programs. Due to its limited shelf life, there ...