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MENINGITIS VACCINATION

Following advice from Coventry Primary Care Trust and the UK Department of Health the eligible students at this health centre are those:-
who are registered with either GP practice at the Health Centre AND
who have NOT had the Meningitis C vaccine before starting University OR
Full-time "mature" students in their first year, living in halls or at private addresses and who have not been vaccinated OR
Full-time First Year students from overseas who have not had the Meningitis C vaccine before OR
Overseas students who are commencing for the first time a postgraduate course of study at this University and whose previous studies were not in the UK - most of these will be resident on campus
NOTE FOR OVERSEAS STUDENTS - You have been requested to get vaccinated before arrival in the UK. However, if you are eligible and have not had the MenC vaccination, please contact us.
Students cannot have the Meningitis C vaccination if they have had the Meningitis A+C vaccine in the last 3 years
(You may have had these vaccinations either in the last 2 years at school or when you started University)
IF you meet these criteria the you should be vaccinated against one of the causes of meningitis (called the meningococcal C infection) with the MenC vaccine
If you are registered with the University Health Centre then please book an appointment to see the practice nurse with your practice.
more information on Meningitis
If in doubt enquire!    

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