Costs and impact of meningitis epidemics for the public health system in Burkina Faso

► Cost of reactive vaccination campaigns is two times more than for case management. ► Mean cost per person vaccinated is 80 times less than the mean cost of case management per meningitis case. ► Meningitis epidemics disrupt all health services from the national to operational level. ► The main contributor to this disruption is a large increase in health care consultations.