The vaccine against meningitis B is called a breakthrough in preventive medicine

Get a recently licensed a new vaccine against meningitis B is the most significant achievement of preventive medicine from the time of the introduction of the polio vaccine. So says one of the UK's leading public figures.

Founder of charity to combat meningitis Meningitis UK Steve Deyman he lost a 14-month-old son Spencer because of meningitis and septicemia. He is confident that the new the vaccine against meningitis   B (caused by bacteria group) can save hundreds of thousands of children's lives around the world. The other day she passed licensing and can now be used in children aged between two months and older. The drug protects against most strains of the disease.

Bacterial meningitis   - The most common form of this disease, and the most deadly. In the UK alone the disease affects about 1 900 people a year (the majority of cases the children), killing every tenth of his victim. But to defeat the disease and has a hard time, as the common side effects of meningitis are severe brain injuries and amputations. The biggest risk for kids under the age of five years. In some cases, the disease can kill a child in just four hours!

At the disposal of medicine already available the vaccine against meningitis   C, Hib-meningitis and pneumococcal its varieties. The new vaccine, called Vexsero, aimed at protection bacterial meningitis .

"This disease is one of the main killers of young children - says Steve Deyman. - The new vaccine has the potential to save hundreds of thousands of lives. I think it is creating the biggest breakthrough since the release of polio vaccine in the late 1950s." (READ MORE)

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