Every day, on every continent—on bikes, boats, or donkeys, and often by foot—vaccinators devote long hours to making sure that children receive the live-saving vaccines they need.

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The Meningitis Vaccine project is a fantastic success story. Prior to December 2010, the approach to protecting people from meningococcal epidemic meningitis in Africa was inadequate and reactive. This preventable disease was needlessly killing lives. A vaccine is now available for 50 cents per dose.

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On the first day of a remarkable campaign to stop one of the most devastating diseases in Africa, five months ago, I wrote from Burkina Faso in the heart of West Africa.

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On the first day of the meningitis A vaccination campaign in the West African country of Burkina Faso, nurse Doma Guere and a small team of his fellow health workers vaccinated 4,916 people—about one person protected against the deadly disease every nine seconds of a 12-hour working day.

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Starting this week, families in sub-Saharan Africa will finally get a long-term solution against a deadly disease. A new meningitis vaccine called MenAfriVac™ is reaching millions of people in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger beginning today, and neighboring countries will soon follow.

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