Meningitis in your words

Ollie, Eddie Rosen's hockey teammate, shares his memories of Eddie and the story behind Big Eddie's Joke Book.

Jordan shares the heartbreaking story of losing her two-year-old son, Caleb, to bacterial meningitis, and how she is turning her grief into action.

Author and poet Michael lost his son, Eddie, to meningitis when he was only eighteen years old in 1999.

Meningitis Research Foundation Ambassador Onaiza Fice shares the story of losing her baby son, Zain, to sepsis when he was just one month old.

Cat shares her experience of losing a baby to group B strep at 24 weeks and the birth of her subsequent daughter.

Vanessa’s mother Barbara shares the tragic story of her daughter’s misdiagnosis and subsequent death from meningitis.

Ryan shares his daughter Ava’s story after she died from meningitis at only nine months old.

Jamie’s father Doug shares the story of his son’s death from meningitis in 1976.

Jessica tells her story of her son Jayson’s tragic death from bacterial meningitis.

Elanda from Manchinjiri, Blantyre in Malawi lost her son, Praise, to bacterial meningitis in February 2010 aged 10 months.

Bridget from the Northern Ireland travelling community describes the loss of Michael when he was just two years old.

Victoria shares her story of the loss of her partner Andrew and her quest to understand more about meningitis.