A mathematical model underscores the fact that vaccination is more than a personal choice and provides support for vaccine mandates and passports, according to the authors.
Take action, defeat Meningitis Sunday Times Connect in partnership with Sanofi Pasteur online event on protecting your loved ones from meningococcal meningitis 12 May 2021 - 15:31 The biggest challenge with meningitis is that it is so often misdiagnosed. Image: 123RF/Olesia Bilkei
Meningococcal meningitis is a disease in which membranes around the brain and spinal cord become inflamed. It’s a potentially fatal disease that can have a life-changing, permanent impact on survivors, even when adequate treatment is provided. Each year meningococcal meningitis affects about 2.5-million people resulting in about 230,000 deaths.
World Meningitis Day falls April 24 each year and this year’s theme was Take Action #DefeatMeningitis. A recent Sunday Times Connect in partnership with Sanofi Pasteur online event put the spotlight on how to protect your loved ones from meningococcal meningitis.
WEBINAR | Debunk the myths and misconceptions about meningitis Join Sunday Times Connect in partnership with Sanofi Pasteur for a live, interactive webinar on meningitis on April 21 31 March 2021 - 16:05 Learn more about meningitis by joining the Sunday Times Connect in partnership with Sanofi Pasteur live-stream event on Wednesday, April 21 from 1pm – 2pm. Image: Supplied/Sanofi Pasteur
Meningitis is an inflammation of the membranes around the brain and spinal cord². Because of the severity of meningitis and the fact that the disease can take a loved one’s life in under 24 hours¹, the World Health Organisation has approved a global road map to defeat meningitis by 2030¹.