Meningitis
affects more than 2.5m people globally each year
1/10 die as a result
2/10 left with an impairment like brain injury or amputation
Meningitis Progress Tracker

Meningitis Progress Tracker

We're tracking progress towards defeating meningitis by visualising the story of meningitis for the very first time
Exploring key findings from our 2024 research report Meningitis Health Communications: Examining channels, messaging and best practice in the African Meningitis Belt.

Andrea Lanfri talks about life after meningitis and his latest challenge

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Stories of strength

Tales of courage, determination and resilience, and how the human spirit can conquer even the hardest of challenges brought by meningitis. Explore real life stories
Arthur Kilcran's full story
  • UK
  • Pneumococcal
  • Toddler 1-3
Arthur Kilcran's story In January 2023, my husband, Billy and I took our little boy, Arthur, to hospital as he was unwell a...
Eliana Shaw-Lothian's full story
  • UK
  • Bacterial meningitis, Group B meningococcal (MenB)
  • Teenager
Eliana Shaw-Lothian's story During my first year at university I was living in student accommodation and one day in October I fe...
Steve Malcolm's full story
  • UK
  • Meningococcal
  • Adult 25-59
Steve Malcolm's story In October 1991, my parents and I lived in Cornwall, and we were visiting my grandparents in Yorkshi...
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