• Northland Outbreak

    Posted by Rose Kwett on May 3, 2019

    Shona Whitehead led a fundraising effort to raise funds for the meningococcal vaccine @ Northland’s Hikurangi Primary School. The free vaccination programme to control the…


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  • Phillippine Cases

    Posted by Rose Kwett on April 29, 2019

    Two toddlers, both girls were brought to Rogaciano M. Mercado Memorial Hospital (RMMMH) showing meningococcemia symptoms then transferred to San Lazaro Hospital in Manila where they died.


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  • World Meningitis Day

    Posted by Rose Kwett on April 24, 2019

    Siân Liddle from Bingham, is sharing her story to help raise awareness of World Meningitis Day (April 24), which focuses on ‘Life After Meningitis’ and to support her charity…


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  • Bad Advice

    Posted by Rose Kwett on April 11, 2019

    Greg, a father who lost his baby son to deadly meningococcal meningitis  blasted boxer Anthony Mundine’s anti-vaccination comments. “Mundine wrote on Facebook and Twitter: “Don’t…


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  • Student Dies

    Posted by Rose Kwett on April 5, 2019

    A second-grade student at Saegert Elementary School, Killeen has died from bacterial meningitis. According to the Texas Department of State Health Services the student who died…


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  • Spokane Case

    Posted by Rose Kwett on March 30, 2019

    A case of meningococcal meningitis is being investigated by the Spokane County health officials in Sacajawea Middle School involving a female student. Dr. Bob Lutz, SRHD…


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  • Sneaky Killer

    Posted by Rose Kwett on March 26, 2019

    Montreal’s Marianopolis College student died after her 18th birthday celebration of meningococcal infection. She got sick her birthday party and had to leave the event…


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  • “Fake” Vaccine

    Posted by Rose Kwett on March 17, 2019

     Niger health authorities said, “they had found a fake version of a meningitis vaccine after launching a vaccination campaign to inoculate 5 million children against the disease”. 


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  • Louisville Blues

    Posted by Rose Kwett on March 11, 2019

    An undergraduate student of the University of Louisville (UofL) has been diagnosed and hospitalized with meningococcal meningitis. The student is in good condition, resides…


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  • Community Effort

    Posted by Rose Kwett on March 5, 2019

    Many families in the Hikurangi community were on high alert after the death of a local girl of meningococcal W last year. Many people could…


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