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Meningococcal Diseases Committee (MDC)

Brief summary including goals and objectives

Membership of the MDC is invited from people with expertise or responsibilities in the clinical or public health management of meningococcal disease. The roles of the MDC are:

• To consider evidence on the epidemiology and management of meningococcal disease and submit recommendations on policy and practices to CDNA as appropriate. This may include revisions to the “Guidelines for the early clinical and public health management of meningococcal disease in Australia (2001)”;
• To consider national surveillance data on meningococcal disease and to report periodically to CDNA on the results and implications of this data;
• To provide advice to health authorities on the management of outbreaks of meningococcal disease; and
• To provide other advice and information to CDNA as requested.

Subcommittee(s):

Nil

Chair:

Dr Robert Hall

Secretariat contact:

Name: Ms Robyn Leader
Phone: 02 6289 6895
Email: CDNA@health.gov.au

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