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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.

Vanessa Vicente's full story
  • Brazil
  • Bacterial meningitis
  • Baby 0-1
Vanessa Vicente's story Vanessa Vincente is running the 2025 London Marathon for Meningitis Research Foundation in memory of...
Lucas Martin's full story
  • UK
  • Bacterial meningitis
  • Young Adult 20-25
Lucas Martin's story Lucas Martin, from the Isle of Man, was known affectionately by his family as Looky. In September 20...

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Eric Sharkey's full story
  • Ireland
  • Bacterial meningitis
  • 60+
Eric Sharkey's story My dad passed away from acute bacterial meningitis on the 29th July 2022...
Anaamika Gupta's full story
  • India
  • Bacterial meningitis, Meningococcal
  • Child 6-12
Anaamika Gupta's story My daughter Anaamika Gupta, aged twelve years, came home from school on 2nd July 2024 with a high gr...
Charity  Githuka's full story
  • Kenya
  • Group A meningococcal (Men A), Viral
  • Baby 0-1
Charity Githuka's story From April to October 1989, approximately 4000 cases of meningitis due to Neisseria meningitidi...
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Miranda Andree's full story
  • USA
  • Viral
  • Adult 25-59
Miranda Andree's story The week of April 3rd to 7th, 2023, I started having headaches...
Maria Alvarado's full story
  • USA
  • Bacterial meningitis
  • Teenager
Maria Alvarado's story I was nineteen years old and I had just started my first quarter of college...
Davide Morana's full story
  • Italy
  • Group C meningococcal (Men C)
  • Young Adult 20-25
Davide Morana's story I’m Davide Morana, a para-athlete and motivational speaker...
Paul Hodgson's full story
  • Meningococcal
  • Baby 0-1
Paul Hodgson's story Paul Hodgson from Darlington in County Durham in the UK contracted meningitis as a baby, more than f...
Frank Rogers's full story
  • UK
  • GBS (Group B streptococcal)
  • Toddler 1-3
Frank Rogers' story Our son Frank was born in March 2017...
Cristina Regojo's full story
  • Spain
  • Bacterial meningitis
  • Young child 3-5
Cristina Regojo's story cuando tenía 4 años me puse muy malita y me llevaron al hospital porque el hijo de mi cuidadora acab...
CoMO Member
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