Guidance

Meningitis and septicaemia: prevention and management in higher education institutions

Guidance for higher education institutions on meningoccocal disease.

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This content was originally produced by Public Health England (PHE). This content is now owned and managed by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)

This guidance covers:

  • understanding invasive meningococcal disease and why freshers are at increased risk
  • raising awareness of the signs and symptoms of meningitis
  • encouraging all first time university entrants up to 25 years old to have the MenACWY vaccination
  • planning ahead for possible case or cluster of cases of meningitis
  • sourcing resources to support awareness of immunisation
  • best practice for communications in the event of a suspected case of meningitis

Updates to this page

Published 7 November 2016
Last updated 15 July 2025 show all updates
  1. Rebranded page to UKHSA. No change to content.

  2. Uploaded revised PDF which includes further detail around best practice for communications in the event of a suspected case of Meningitis.

  3. First published.

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