Calls increase in N.S. for provincially-funded meningitis B vaccine
Gothreau explains he’s now sharing his story to raise awareness and to call for the meningitis B vaccine to be provincially funded — and he’s not alone.In a recent interview with Global News, Norrie Matthews, who lost his son Kai to meningitis in 2021, renewed his call to the premier to add the MenB vaccine to the province’s routine publicly-funded program.
As it now stands, the province’s routine immunization program includes coverage for vaccines that protect against four strains of Meningococcal Disease . They’re rolled out in infancy and through the school-based program.Family of young man who died from meningitis searches for answers When it comes to the vaccine, she says the province relies on guidance from the National Advisory Committee of Immunization.
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