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Meningococcal ACWY (MenACWY) vaccination programme

Documents relating to the new meningococcal ACWY (MenACWY) vaccination programme.

Updates to this page

From:
UK Health Security Agency
Published:
26 June 2015
Last updated:
26 October 2023
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  1. Added 'MenACWY vaccine: information for young people'.

  2. Updated Vaccines communications toolkit for universities and other higher education settings.

  3. Updated vaccines communications toolkit for universities and other higher education settings.

  4. Added links to resources for the Save a Life campaign.

  5. Added link to the updated MMR, MenACWY and COVID-19 vaccines communications toolkit for universities.

  6. Added link to the MMR, MenACWY and COVID-19 vaccines communications toolkit for universities.

  7. Added Meningococcal vaccination: statement from JCVI and Meningitis: signs and symptoms leaflet for university students.

  8. Added the combined Meningococcal disease: guidance on public health management to the collection.

  9. Added MenACWY: school leaver flyer.

  10. Latest guidance on the prevention and management of meningitis and septicaemia in higher education institutions.

  11. Added information for first time university entrants.

  12. Information and training slides added for healthcare professionals

  13. First published.

Meningococcal disease is caused by invasive infection with the bacterium Neisseria meningitidis, also known as the meningococcus.

There are 12 identified capsular groups of which groups B, C, W and Y were historically the most common in the UK.

The MenACWY vaccine is being introduced in response to an increase in cases of invasive meningococcal disease capsular group W (MenW) disease.

This vaccine will provide direct protection to the vaccinated cohort and, by reducing carriage of MenW, will also provide indirect protection to unvaccinated children and adults.

Data and reports on the uptake of the MenACWY vaccine for England are published by UK Health Security Agency.

Immunisation patient group direction (PGD) templates are available for authorisation and adoption to provide NHS routine immunisation services.

Guidance

Training for healthcare professionals

Posters and leaflets

A vaccines communications toolkit for universities and other higher education settings is available to download. This toolkit contains information and resources on vaccines including MenACWY and MMR and the diseases they protect against.

Resources for the ‘Save a Life’ MenACWY campaign are available to order and download and include a collection of A5 stickers in English, Arabic, Bengali, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Gujarati, Hindi, Japanese and Korean, as well as banner artwork.

Programme documents

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