SDLP Foyle MP Mark Durkan has pledged his support for a new campaign organised by the charity Meningitis Now at Westminster to help promote meningitis awareness and vaccine take-up with GPs in Derry and at the Magee campus of UIster University.
The charity is campaigning to increase the take-up of the lifesaving Men ACWY vaccine, which is available free to first-time university students up to the age of 25.
Mr Durkan said: “The low uptake of the Men ACWY vaccine among this at-risk group of young people is very worrying.
“I don’t want to see anyone in my constituency dying because they didn’t know about or didn’t get around to getting this vaccination.
“As we enter the peak season for bacterial meningitis, I’ll be writing to local GP practices and university leaders to urge them to do more to promote awareness and encourage improved take-up.”
