Pediatricians on the verge of meningitis

Journalist

Published on 11/19/2024 at 10:00
Reading time: 3 min

In the field of vaccination against meningitis, Belgium lags behind its neighbors: the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, France, Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain , Portugal, the Czech Republic and Greece have in fact already included the meningococcal B meningitis vaccine in their vaccination program for infants, and even, for some, adolescents. In our country, the group B meningitis vaccine is not included in the vaccination schedule. Professor David Tuerlinckx, head of the pediatrics department at UCL Dinant Godinne University Hospital, who co-chairs the “vaccinations” working group of the Higher Health Council, thinks that the opinion concerning inclusion will have to be put back on the Council table. of this vaccine in the schedule, especially since it is a potentially fatal disease which has started to rise again after the lull linked to the Covid-19 pandemic. “There are several types of meningitishe explains to us.

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