The #StoptheSpread initiative is being run by the Meningitis Research Foundation and is targeting meningitis and septicaemia caused by groups A, C W and Y meningococcal bacteria (MenACWY).
Since August last year, adolescents born between September 1, 1996, and August 31, 2002 – now aged 13 to 19 – are being offered a MenACWY vaccine, which in particular protects against a new deadly strain of meningococcal W (MenW).
Cases of MenW have risen year-on-year in England and Wales since 2009, with figures from Public Health England showing 184 cases reported between July 2014 and June 2015 – compared to 98 the previous year.
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