Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health

Volume 2, Issue 1, March 2012, Pages 23 - 30

Consensus recommendation for meningococcal disease prevention in children and adolescents in the Middle East region

Authors
Atef Shibla, *, amshibl@ksu.edu.sa amshibl1@yahoo.com, Haysam Tufenkejib, Mohamed Khalilc, Ziad Memishc, The Meningococcal Leadership Forum (“MLF”) Expert Group1
aKing Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
bKing Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Saudi Arabia
cMinistry of Health, Saudi Arabia
1

See Appendix A for participants of “MLF” Expert Group in alphabetical order.

*Corresponding author. Address: King Saud University, P.O. Box 2457, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Corresponding Author
Received 21 October 2011, Revised 31 January 2012, Accepted 10 February 2012, Available Online 28 March 2012.
DOI
10.1016/j.jegh.2012.02.002How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Conjugate; Consensus recommendation; Invasive meningococcal disease; Middle East countries; Vaccine
Abstract

Facing the availability of the new generation of quadrivalent meningococcal conjugate vaccines (Menveo®, Menactra® and others pending for license) and their recent implementation in Saudi Arabia, experts from 11 countries of the Middle East region met at a “Meningococcal Leadership Forum” (MLF), which took place in May 2010 in Dubai. The participants of the conference discussed the importance of introducing the concept of conjugate vaccines – especially for children and adolescents – and elaborated a consensus recommendation to support healthcare professionals and decision makers with their expertise. In experts’ opinion, conjugate vaccines are the best choice for the prevention of meningococcal disease caused by serogroups A, C, W-135 and Y. As quadrivalent meningococcal conjugate vaccines are registered and available in the Middle East region, they should replace plain polysaccharide vaccines and be integrated in pediatric and adolescent vaccination schedules, including infant vaccination concomitantly with basic EPI vaccines when licensed.

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© 2012 Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

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Journal
Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health
Volume-Issue
2 - 1
Pages
23 - 30
Publication Date
2012/03/28
ISSN (Online)
2210-6014
ISSN (Print)
2210-6006
DOI
10.1016/j.jegh.2012.02.002How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2012 Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
Open Access
This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

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