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Men ACWY vaccine to be offered in Hampshire schools
The meningitis ACWY vaccine is to be offered in all Hampshire secondary schools from January 2018.
The jab is currently offered through GP surgeries in the south of the county and school nurses in the north.
Hampshire is among 19 out of 152 English local authority areas where not all children are vaccinated through schools. Six areas offer the vaccine through GP practices, while 13 have a mixed school and GP delivery model.
NHS England said there was ‘strong evidence that providing immunisation in schools increases uptake’.
Linda Glennie, head of research, said: “It's good news that the NHS in Wessex will now offer adolescent vaccines through schools.
"Uptake of Men ACWY vaccine via the school route has been as high as 84 per cent in some areas. Unfortunately, uptake among older teenagers who were offered it free from their GP has been worryingly low - only 33 per cent of school leavers in 2016 had taken up the vaccine."
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