Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Aug 2019
MPs told meningitis vaccines were always available
1 August 2019 - Pfizer officials appearing before the Health Select Committee yesterday revealed that 30,000 Meningitis vaccines were available to PHARMAC during the recent outbreak in Northland, National MP for Whangarei and Associate Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says.
“Pfizer offered 30,000 vaccines to PHARMAC who didn’t even get back to them until weeks after a campaign had been signed off to only vaccinate children aged between 9 months and 4 years, and 13 to 19-year-olds.
“The limited vaccination campaign in Northland was an attempt to save money – but these vaccines will expire shortly so they need to be used.
