Low uptake of free Men B vaccine in SA
The state was the first to offer the vax for free in October last year
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Up to one-third of South Australia’s children and young adults are missing out on protection from the B strain meningococcal disease, health authorities say.
SA Health’s communicable disease control director Dr Louise Flood says the uptake of a free vaccine program has been disappointing.