Conjugate meningococcal group C vaccination programmes in the EU, as at October 2007
Countries with routine vaccination
| Country | Routine schedule | Year introduced | Catch-up | Year undertaken | |
| Belgium | 1. Wallonie | 12 months | 2002 | 1 year - 6 years | 2002 |
| 2. Flanders | 12 months | 2002 | 1 years - 3 years 1 year - 6 years and 14 years - 17 years 10 years - 14 years 7 years - 9 years | 2001 2002 2003 2004 | |
| Germany | 12 - 23 months | 2006 | No formal catch-up campaign, general recommendation to complete all outstanding vaccinations, including MenC, in older children | ||
| Iceland | 6 and 8 months | 2002 | 6 months - 19 years | October 2002 - Octobert 2003 | |
| Ireland | 2, 4 and 6 months | 2000 | <23 years | October 2000 - March 2002 | |
| Netherlands | 14 months | 2002 | 1 year - 18 years | June 2002 - November 2002 | |
| Portugal* | 3, 5 and 15 months | 2006 | <10 years 10 years - 18 years | January - December 2006 January - December 2007 | |
| Spain | 2, 4 and 6 months | 2000 | 7 months - 19 years 15 out of 19 Spanish regions | 2001 - 2004 | |
| UK | 2, 3 and 4 months | 1999 to 2006 | <18 years 19 years - 25 years | November 1999 - 2000 December 2001 - 2002 | |
| 3, 4 and about 12 months | Sept 2006 | ||||
| * The Portuguese National Immunisation Programme was introduced in 2004 with the current recommendation, though for logistical reasons routine MenC vaccination was not implemented until 2006; before 2004, the recommended schedule was 3, 5 and 7 months, and the vaccine was given on prescription of family doctors or private paediatricians | |||||
Countries with selective or voluntary vaccination
| Country | Given to | Year introduced | ||||
| Travellers | Contacts of cases | Outbreak control | Underlying conditions | Other | ||
| Czech Republic | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | On request | 2001 |
| Greece | Given by private paediatricians, targeted at <14 years | 2001 | ||||
| Hungary | Children at request of parents | |||||
| Italy | Yes | 2006 | ||||
| Norway | Yes | Of serogroup C cases | ||||
| Poland | Yes~ | Yes~ | Generally recommended~ | |||
| Sweden | Yes | Given rarely | ||||
| Switzerland | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Military recruits, exposed laboratory workers | 2001 |
| ~ In practice the vaccine is rarely requested, partly due to the fact that the vaccine is neither free nor partially subsided | ||||||
Countries using vaccination rarely or not at all
Austria
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
Latvia
Malta
Slovak Republic
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