WHILE 93% of Australian parents believe that they know what meningococcal disease is, about 28% are not fully aware of the facts about the disease, according to marketing research conducted by Ipsos on behalf of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK).
In response to the research, a national awareness campaign #KnowMeningococcal is launching in partnership with Kyly Clarke, mother of Kelsey Lee and wife of Aussie Cricket legend Michael Clarke, to encourage parents to know more about the devastating and potentially life-threatening bacterial infection.
Further, while 97% of parents believe vaccination is important, almost half (46%) did not know that routine childhood vaccination did not cover all strains of meningococcal disease.
"Most parents only know of one type and don't realise that the rest of the strains aren't covered by their routine vaccinations," said vaccination expert and Head of the Clinical Research Team at the National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance Professor Robert Booy.
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