Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Nov 2016
Pressure on meningococcal vaccine for WA
27 November 2016 - An increase in W strain meningococcal cases in Western Australia has prompted state Health Minister John Day to pressure the federal government to provide a subsidy for the vaccine.
Three people have died from meningococcal disease in WA this year - two from the W strain and one from strain Y.
Over the past three years, there has been an increase in the number of cases of strain W cases in WA - from an average of one case a year to two cases in 2014, four in 2015 and 12 cases to date this year.
