Meningitis

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Meningitis Prevention

• Haemophilus vaccine (HiB vaccine) in children will help prevent one type of meningitis.
• The Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine is now a routine childhood immunization and is very effective at preventing pneumococcal meningitis
• It is highly recommended that household contacts and individuals with close contact with individuals with meningococcal meningitis receive preventative antibiotics to avoid becoming infected themselves.
• Some communities conduct vaccination campaigns following an outbreak of meningococcal meningitis. Military recruits are routinely vaccinated against this form of meningitis because of its high rate of occurrence.
• The American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College Health Association encourage college students (particularly freshmen living in dormitories) to consider being vaccinated with the meningococcal vaccine.