Meningococcal Disease: Recommended vaccinations
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  General recommendation
  Recommendation for specific groups only
  Catch-up (e.g. if previous doses missed)
 		 Vaccination not funded by the National Health system
 		 Mandatory vaccination
MonthsYears
23456111213141521011121314151617181924≥ 25
Austria
MenB1
MenB1
MCV4/MenB
MCV4
Belgium
MCV42
MCV4
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
MCV4
MPSV43
Czechia
MenB4
MenB
MCV4/MenB5
MCV4/MenB4
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
MenB6
MenB - MenC7
MenB - MenC8
MenC9
Germany
MenC
MenC
Greece
MCV4/MenB
MenC
MenC
MCV4
MCV4
MCV4/MenB
Hungary
MenC
MenC
MenC10
Iceland
MCV4
Ireland
MenB
MenB
MenC
MenB
MenC11
MCV4
Italy
MenB12
MenB12
MCV4
MenB12
MenB12
MCV413
Latvia
Liechtenstein
MCV414
MCV415
Lithuania
MenB
MenB
MenB16
Luxembourg
MenB
MenB
MenB
MCV4
MCV4
Malta
MenB
MCV4
MenB
MenB
MCV4
MCV4
Netherlands
MCV417
MCV417
Norway
Poland
MenC
MenC
Portugal
MenB
MenB
MenB - MenC
Romania
Slovakia
MenB
MenB
MCV4/MenB
MCV4/MenB18
Slovenia
Spain
MenB19
MenB - MenC19
MenB - MenC19
MCV420
MCV421
Sweden

Footnotes:

  1. Please refer to official recommendations for timing and number of doses required according to age. For infants, 3 doses from 3 months of age with at least one month interval - Booster between 13-15 months.
  2. MenC provided free of charge but recommendation for MCV4 (costs not covered)
  3. vaccines only given on specific indications
  4. 1. Vaccination with MenB vaccine and MCV4 vaccine is covered by health insurance for persons of all ages with immune disorders since January 2018. 2. Vaccination is covered by health insurance for small infants since May 2020 for MenB vaccine if vaccination is started before the age of six months and for MCV4 vaccine if vaccination is given as a single dose in the second year of life. 3. In September 2021, the inclusion of vaccinations with MCV4 and MenB vaccine for adolescents in addition to small infants as covered by health insurance was newly approved; from January 2022, an amendment to the law is to enter into force and vaccinations are to be paid for: a. MenB vaccine if it is started before the age of 12 months or from the completion of the fourteenth to the completion of the fifteenth year of the age; b. MCV4 vaccine if it is made in a single dose from the completion of the first to the completion of the second year of age or from the completion of the fourteenth to the completion of the fifteenth year of the age. Recommendation (Czech, English) http://www.szu.cz/ockovani-proti-meningokokovym-onemocnenim
  5. 3rd dose of MenB. 1. Vaccination with MenB vaccine and MCV4 vaccine is covered by health insurance for persons of all ages with immune disorders since January 2018. 2. Vaccination is covered by health insurance for small infants since May 2020 for MenB vaccine if vaccination is started before the age of six months and for MCV4 vaccine if vaccination is given as a single dose in the second year of life. 3. In September 2021, the inclusion of vaccinations with MCV4 and MenB vaccine for adolescents in addition to small infants as covered by health insurance was newly approved; from January 2022, an amendment to the law is to enter into force and vaccinations are to be paid for: a. MenB vaccine if it is started before the age of 12 months or from the completion of the fourteenth to the completion of the fifteenth year of the age; b. MCV4 vaccine if it is made in a single dose from the completion of the first to the completion of the second year of age or from the completion of the fourteenth to the completion of the fifteenth year of the age. Recommendation (Czech, English) http://www.szu.cz/ockovani-proti-meningokokovym-onemocnenim
  6. Vaccination introduced in 2022.
  7. Men B introduced in 2022. Not mandatory.
  8. Men B is not mandatory.
  9. 1 dose until 24 years
  10. Since January 1st, 2017, the meningococcal C vaccine is offered to all children aged under 2 years with 100% reimbursement on a voluntary-based approach.
  11. Hib/MenC combined vaccine
  12. Please refer to local recommendations for age of administration. MenB should not to be co-administered with other vaccinations.
  13. Meningococcal ACWY, one dose for adolescents age 12-18
  14. Not part of the routine vaccination programme but can be offered by health professionals. Catch-up possible until 5 years of age.
  15. Not part of the routine vaccination programme but can be offered by health professionals. Catch-up possible until 20 years of age.
  16. Can be administered concomitantly with MMR
  17. More information available at https://rijksvaccinatieprogramma.nl/vaccinaties/menacwy
  18. One dose of each vaccine if given between 14 and 15 years
  19. Additional information available at https://www.sanidad.gob.es/profesionales/saludPublica/prevPromocion/vacunaciones/comoTrabajamos/enf-meningococica.htm
  20. One dose at 12 years to individuals who have not received any doses of MCV4 since 10 years of age. Additional information available at https://www.sanidad.gob.es/profesionales/saludPublica/prevPromocion/vacunaciones/comoTrabajamos/enf-meningococica.htm
  21. The catch-up vaccination programme for individuals aged 13 to 18 years will be introduced gradually (more information available at: https://www.sanidad.gob.es/profesionales/saludPublica/prevPromocion/vacunaciones/programasDeVacunacion/adolescentes-meningo/home.htm