Prevention and control measures for meningococcal disease

Vaccines are available against serogroups A, B, C, Y and W. Most instances of the disease in Europe are caused by serogroups B and C.

Public health management

Publication

Public health guidance on management of sporadic cases of invasive meningococcal disease and their contacts

Public health guidance - 29 Oct 2010

Immunisation & childhood vaccination

Questions and answers about childhood vaccination

Publication

Let’s talk about protection: enhancing childhood vaccination uptake

Public health guidance - 25 Apr 2016

Publication

Let’s talk about hesitancy: enhancing confidence in vaccination and uptake

Technical guidance - 25 Apr 2016

Data

Communication toolkit on immunisation: How to increase immunisation uptake

Communication toolkit, Tool

Publication

Communication on immunisation – building trust

Technical guidance, Guide - 25 Apr 2012

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Immunisation and vaccines

Vaccines represent one of the most effective and cost-saving public health intervention.

ECDC Vaccine Scheduler

The Vaccine Scheduler is an interactive tool that shows vaccination schedules for individual EU/EEA countries and specific age groups. With this tool comparisons can be made for vaccination schedules between two countries or by disease for all or a selection of countries.

European Immunization Week campaign

European Immunization Week (EIW) is celebrated across the European Region every April to raise awareness of the importance of immunisation for people’s health and well-being.