Students help to bring meningitis to a global stage

Brianna Soto took third place with her ‘meningitIS’ campaign and her design has already helped shape a campaign specifically about support and aftercare for meningitis.

Claudia Roeschmann, from Texas State University, who ran the project with a group of seven volunteering students, stated: “We are grateful for this amazing opportunity and enjoyed working on this meaningful project, carried out across the ocean – I am very proud of the results!”

All of the finalists’ campaigns have provided inspiration that will help shape activities being developed as part of a global plan to defeat meningitis, led by the World Health Organization. Meningitis Research Foundation is working with them as part of a taskforce driving the global action and is developing communication and advocacy activities to support it.

Rob Dawson, Director of Communications at Meningitis Research Foundation, said: “The students have produced some great, eye-catching results that really make you think about meningitis and the impact it can have. As we work to defeat meningitis, we need campaign and advocacy materials that will lead to action. All of the students provided us with so much inspiration but Sara’s provided a really well thought through application that understood the brief.”

You can see designs from the following students below: Teresa Wingfield, Stephanie Long, Rodriguez, Carla Gomez, Palak Modi, Neakail Tolbert, and Juliana Ratchford.