Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.
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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Bacterial meningitis in adults" and "Society guideline links: Bacterial meningitis in infants and children" and "Society guideline links: Travel medicine".)
International
●World Health Organization (WHO): Meningococcal A conjugate vaccine – Updated guidance (2015)
●WHO: Position paper on meningococcal vaccines (2011)
Canada
●Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC): Canadian Immunization Guide – Meningococcal vaccine (2015)
United States
●American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Red Book – Meningococcal infections (2021)
●ACIP: Meningococcal vaccination – Recommendations, United States (2020)
●CDC: Yellow Book 2020 – Health Information for International Travel: Meningococcal disease (published 2019)
Europe
United Kingdom
●Public Health England (PHE): Meningococcal disease – Guidance, data and analysis (2014, updated 2019)
●PHE: The Green Book – Meningococcal (2013, updated 2016)
●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Clinical guideline on meningitis (bacterial) and meningococcal septicaemia in under 16s – Recognition, diagnosis and management (2010, updated 2015)
Australia-New Zealand