About the diseases

What are meningitis and septicaemia?

Meningitis and septicaemia are serious, life threatening illnesses.

What causes meningitis and septicaemia?

Bacteria, viruses and fungi can cause meningitis and septicaemia

What are the symptoms of meningitis?

Not everyone gets all the symptoms and they can appear in any order

What to do if your child is unwell

What are the after effects of meningitis?

For survivors after effects may be temporary or permanent, physical or emotional.

What vaccines are there for meningitis?

The most effective thing you can do to protect you and your children from meningitis is to get immunised.

Are you at Risk?

Anyone can get meningitis or septicaemia, but various factors can increase the risk

What are the most common questions asked about bacterial meningitis?

How much meningitis is there in the world?

Meningitis affects more than 5m people globally a year

Reports from the Global Meningococcal Initiative

A worldwide expert group raising awareness and helping prevent invasive meningococcal disease

Meningitis Progress Tracker

Key global data and meningitis estimates

Membership and support

The MRF Membership and Support team are here for you for any questions you might have about meningitis and septicaemia and their effects on you, or your family and friends.

Tel: Helpline UK 080 8800 3344 Ireland 1800 41 33 44

helpline@meningitis.org

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