World Meningitis Day 2011

On Sunday 24 April 2011 meningitis organisations across the world came together to raise awareness about the devastating effects of meningitis and septicaemia and encourage prevention through vaccination in the third annual World Meningitis Day.

Meningitis and septicaemia are deadly diseases that imapct the lives of hundreds of thousands of families worldwide. Many people do not realise that some forms of these diseases are preventable through vaccine.

Although World Meningitis Day is over for another year it's important we continue to raise meningitis awareness every day.

What can you do to help raise meningitis awareness?

To help raise meningitis awareness across the globe you can:

• View our video podcast and share it with family and friends
• Join hands with people around the world to show your support for meningitis awareness and prevention and to help save lives.
• Follow us on Facebook where you can join in the conversations and share your experiences. 

Video podcast - Saving a Life, Protecting our children from dangerous meningococcal disease

In honour of World Meningitis Day 2011 the Saving a Life video podcast has been produced to raise awareness of meningococcal disease, a leading cause of bacterial meningitis, and to illustrate how this devastating disease can effect lives.

In this video podcast you will hear from the Confederation of Meningitis Organisation's (CoMO) President Bruce Langoulant, medical experts, survivors and parents from around the world who have been touched by this disease and who express the importance of vaccination.