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As we head towards 2030, people are adding their stories every day. So, whether you want to motivate and inspire others or want to read people’s experiences of meningitis and sepsis, you’ll find a story that resonates and reminds you that you are never alone.

Claire Wright's full story
  • Bacterial meningitis
Claire Wright's story 2025 marks fifteen years since I joined Meningitis Research Foundation – something that feels ...
Heidi Ellingham's full story
  • UK
  • Bacterial meningitis, Unknown meningitis and septicaemia (sepsis) type
  • Teenager
Heidi Ellingham's story When I was eighteen years old, I was living in London. The weekend before, I had visited...

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Lilian Karegi's full story
  • Kenya
  • Unknown meningitis and septicaemia (sepsis) type
  • Adult 25-59
Lilian Karegi's story Lilian’s story is told by Claytone Musungu, Chair of the CoMO Advisory Council and trustee for...
Barbra Kayalo's full story
  • Kenya
  • Unknown meningitis and septicaemia (sepsis) type
  • Baby 0-1
Barbra Kayalo's story Barbra’s story is told by Claytone Musungu, Chair of the CoMO Advisory Council and trustee for...
Annette Fury's full story
  • UK
  • Bacterial meningitis, GAS (Group A streptococcal)
  • Adult 25-59
Annette Fury's story My name is Annette and just over two years ago at the age of 58, I contracted bacterial meningitis. ...
Amelie Kühnel's full story
  • Europe
  • Bacterial meningitis
  • Child 6-12
Amelie Kühnel's story Ich war 8 Jahre alt als ich unter ständiger, heftiger Migräne litt...
Becca Heritage's full story
  • UK
  • Group B meningococcal (MenB), Meningococcal, Other bacterial meningitis and septicaemia (sepsis) type
  • Teenager
Becca Heritage's story I was nineteen years old when I became ill with meningococcal septicaemia within six weeks of starti...
Kathryn Thomson 's full story
  • UK
  • Bacterial meningitis
  • Adult 25-59
Kathryn Thomson 's story In July 2022 woke up with an almighty headache...
Pip Davies's full story
  • UK
  • Viral
  • Baby 0-1
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Madeleine's full story
  • Sweden
  • Hib (Haemophilus Influenzae B)
  • Toddler 1-3
Madeleine's story In March 1990, our beautiful daughter Madeleine contracted haemophilus influenzae just three weeks b...
CoMO Member
Percilla Ann Marie April-Hodge's full story
  • USA
  • Pneumococcal
  • Adult 25-59
Percilla Ann Marie April-Hodge's story On July 26, 2018, my son Shaquille Hodge lost his wife Percilla Hodge to pneumococcal meningitis. T...
CoMO Member
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