Childhood meningococcal C vaccination program
Since 2003, all children turning 12 months of age have been eligible to receive free meningococcal C vaccine under the National Immunisation Program.
The Meningococcal C vaccination program also provides free meningococcal C vaccine for all children and adolescents who were one to 19 year olds in 2003 until 30 June 2006.
More information:
Meningococcal C vaccination program - questions and answers - fact sheet for the public
Updated: January 2004
Fact sheet for the public translated into other languages:
Arabic 
(PDF 57 KB)
Chinese 
(PDF 338 KB)
Farsi 
(PDF 64 KB)
Indonesian 
(PDF 24 KB)
Japanese 
(PDF 336 KB)
Khmer 
(PDF 76 KB)
Korean 
(PDF 252 KB)
Russian 
(PDF 51 KB)
Turkish 
(PDF 33 KB)
Vietnamese 
(PDF 33 KB)
Childhood meningococcal C program - information for healthcare providers
Updated: October 2005
Page last modified: 23 May, 2006
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