Counting the Cost
10 May 2011
Counting the Cost reveals the shocking lifelong costs of surviving meningitis and septicaemia and calls on
Government to pursue the widest and earliest implementation of vaccines to prevent the diseases.
Counting the Cost of Meningitis is a comprehensive analysis of the lifetime impact of the diseases on illustrative case studies:
- Peter, who was 18 months old when he was struck down with septicaemia which left him with multiple amputations and behavioural difficulties
- Emma, who was three years old when she became ill with meningitis which left her brain damaged, deaf and partially blind
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