COURSE DESCRIPTION

Language: English 

Duration: 30 minutes 

Topic: Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Speakers: JAMES STUART, Chair of CoMO’s Scientific Advisory Group, Consultant for the WHO, Honorary Professor at the University of Bristol and Chair of Meningitis Research Foundation's Scientific Advisory Panel, United Kingdom ● SAM NYE, Executive Director of the Confederation of Meningitis Organisations (CoMO), United Kingdom ● JANE PLUMB, MBE, Chief Executive of Group B Strep Support (GBSS), United Kingdom

Learning Objectives 

•  Identify how and why meningitis vaccines have evolved and are still evolving

•  Recognise the importance of patient advocacy and the impact it has had on the development of existing and new vaccines

•  Learn what the future may hold for Group B strep vaccines.