Meningococcal vaccines: WHO position paper

This document incorporates the most recent developments in the field of meningococcal vaccines to guide the introduction and use of meningococcal vaccines in national immunization schedules. It replaces the position paper published in the Weekly Epidemiological Record in October 2002.

Recommendations on the use of meningococcal vaccines were discussed by SAGE at its meeting in April 2011. Evidence presented at the meeting can be accessed at
http://www.who.int/immunization/sage/previous/en/index.html.