Society guideline links: Meningococcal disease

Introduction — 

This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately:

●(See "Society guideline links: Prevention of meningococcal disease".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Bacterial meningitis in adults".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Bacterial meningitis in infants and children".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Travel medicine".)

International

●World Health Organization (WHO): Guideline on meningitis outbreak response in sub-Saharan Africa (2014)

Canada

●Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC): Invasive meningococcal disease – For health professionals

United States

●Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Meningococcal disease – For health care providers

•Clinical guidance for meningococcal disease

•Clinical overview of meningococcal disease

●American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Red Book – Meningococcal infections, update (2025)

United Kingdom

●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Guideline on meningitis (bacterial) and meningococcal disease – Recognition, diagnosis, and management (2024)

●NICE: Quality standard on meningitis (bacterial) and meningococcal disease (2012, updated 2024)

●UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA): Meningococcal disease – Guidance, data, and analysis (2014, updated 2024)

●The UK Joint Specialist Societies: Guideline on the diagnosis and management of acute meningitis and meningococcal sepsis in immunocompetent adults (2016)