What is the position on available vaccines?
Firstly, as stated above, the Hib vaccine has been successfully introduced but it is important to point out that it is ONLY effective against the Hib strain. The under 4’s REMAIN SUSCEPTIBLE to all the other strains. Currently there is one vaccine which combats both Group A and C meningococcal meningitis but it is not very effective in young children and of limited effectiveness in adults. There is no vaccine against the most common strain B.
