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World Meningitis Day: 5th October 2024

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Meningitis in your words

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Light the road ahead: 20.30 (8.30pm) on October 5th

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Symptom Checker

Meningitis and septicaemia can kill or disable in hours.

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1/10 die as a result

2/10 left with an impairment like brain injury or amputation

Improving meningitis health communications

Exploring key findings from our 2024 research report Meningitis Health Communications: Examining channels, messaging and best practice in the African Meningitis Belt.

From setback to summit:

Andrea Lanfri talks about life after meningitis and his latest challenge

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