Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Nov 2019
PHARMAC widening access to the meningococcal ACWY vaccine
14 November 2019 - The meningococcal ACWY vaccine will be available free from next month for young people in close living situations.
The vaccination will be funded for an estimated 35,000 people, aged between 13 and 25, who live in boarding school hostels, tertiary education halls of residence, military barracks and prisons.
After the first year of funding, free vaccinations will only be available to people entering their first year of living in such institutions, which PHARMAC estimates is about 8,000 young people per year.
