10 days to go! Sunday 24 April 2011 is World Meningitis Day.

There are only 10 days left for you to get involved in World Meningitis Day 2011!

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

Four simple things you can do to build meningitis awareness and help save lives around the world.

We are working to improve meningitis awareness across the globe and we can't do this without your help! Take a look at the four simple things listed below that you can do to build meningitis awareness and help save lives around the world.

1. View our video podcast titled Saving a Life - protecting our children from the dangerous meningococcal disease. This podcast is available in English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Turkish!
2. Join hands with people around the world in our online global community to show your support for meningitis awareness and prevention.
   
   Our online community now links more than 35 countries around the world. Hands are joined across State lines, across country borders and across continents making it turly a world event. Who will you join hands with?
3. Like us on Facebook and join in on the conversations, share your story and encourage your family and friends to do the same.
4. Send an Ecard to family and friends to show your support for meningitis awareness and prevention and to help save lives.

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.

With your help we will be able to protect against these diseases, save lives and take steps forward to make life after meningitis and septicaemia easier for those affected!