• MENINGITIS CAN BE FATAL . ITS ALSO PREVENTABLE. MENINGITIS IS A DREADFUL AND SERIOUS INFECTION OF THE MENINGES  (THE MEMBRANE COVERING THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD)
  • CAN BE CAUSED BY MANY DIFFERENT PATHOGENS INCLUDING BACTERIA, FUNGI, OR VIRUSES.
  • THE BURDEN OF BACTERIAL MENINGITIS CONTINUES TO BE A MAJOR GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE WITH 2.5 MILLION CASES EMERGING ANNUALLY.
  • WHO HAS DEVELOPED THE GOAL OF DEFEATING MENINGITIS BY 2030.
  • THE BURDEN OF BACTERIAL MENINGITIS IS PARTICULARLY HIGH CAUSING 2,50,000 DEATHS ANNUALLY AND LEAVING 1 IN 5 OF THOSE AFFECTED WITH DEVASTATING LONG-TERM HEALTH CONSEQUENCES.
  • ON WORLD MENINGITIS TODAY 5TH OCTOBER LET'S MARCH FORWARD AND SPREAD AWARENESS ABOUT MENINGITIS AND PROPAGATE HOW TIMELY INTERVENTION VACCINATION CAN REDUCE DEATHS CAUSED BY VACCINE -PREVENTABLE  DISEASES