Meningococcal Expert Forum

This meeting will be held from 13 March, 2015 at the Mövenpick Ibn Battuta Gate Hotel in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The scientific program will start on Friday, 13 March in the morning and will conclude in the evening at 18:00 hours.

The objectives of this meeting are to:

• Understand meningococcal disease serogroup variability and short- and long-term disease complications
• Present prevention strategies and highlight the role of education and awareness
• Provide an overview of the history and future of meningococcal conjugate vaccinations in Saudi Arabia
• Discuss routine meningococcal conjugate vaccination and its potential role in disease prevention and carriage reduction
• Present a compressive review of MenACWY-CRM vaccination in helping to prevent disease in infants and in reducing carriage
• Review the potential of MenB vaccine in helping to prevent meningococcal disease in infants
• Examine the epidemiology and disease burden in select countries including Kuwait, Lebanon, Egypt and Turkey
• Participate in a workshop on the challenges and opportunities in vaccinating infants or pilgrims

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