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Keep Watching for meningitis
Today, in support of World Meningitis Day, the UK’s leading meningitis charities have joined forces to call on parents to educate themselves about bacterial meningitis, an illness that kills more children under five in the UK than any other infectious disease[i]. With the UK highlighted as one of the top three meningitis hotspots in Europe[ii],…
Parents must “keep watching” for Meningitis
The ‘Meningitis: Keep Watching’ campaign is being launched to warn parents and remind parents that meningitis is still here. The campaign, focused around an innovative awareness film, uses digital media to mobilise parents to help spread the word that children are not protected against all types of meningitis. The campaign has been prompted by concern…
Posted in Charity Tagged bacterial meningitis, charity, Children, Meningitis, Meningitis symptoms, Meningitis Trust, meningitis uk, News, Symptoms Leave a comment
Parents get your children to Boogie Fit and help beat meningitis
A dad from Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, is calling for parents to team up with their children’s nursery or playgroup this summer to help raise awareness and money for national charity, Meningitis Research Foundation (MRF) by organising a Boogie Fit Fundraising Event. Boogie Fit with Pete and Marvin is a DVD featuring Cbeebies’ Boogie Pete of Boogie…
Posted in Baby Health, Charity, News Tagged Boogie Fit, fundraising, Meningitis, Meningitis Trust, meningococcal meningitis Leave a comment
Charities unite for World Meningitis Day
Meningitis Research Foundation, the Meningitis Trust and Meningitis UK say that meningitis and septicaemia kill more under-fives than any other infectious disease in this country. Around 300 people in the UK die from the disease each year and six families a week face the devastation of losing a loved-one. The three leading UK meningitis charities have…
Mum campaigns for Meningitis B to be part of childhood immunisation
A woman from Kent who survived meningitis is calling on the public to push for a Men B vaccine (meningococcal group B disease) as she knows first-hand of the devastating effects of the disease. Meningitis and septicaemia are deadly diseases that can strike anyone without warning, killing one in ten, and leaving a quarter of…
Meningococcal Conjugate (MenC) vaccine
The Meningococcal Conjugate (MenC) vaccine, is a primary vaccine, which means a first immunisation given to babies. The vaccine protects against meningococcal group C, a particular type of bacteria that causes meningitis and septicaemia. The vaccine will not protect against meningitis caused by any other bacteria or virus. Children are vaccinated at three and four months old, with a…
Posted in Baby, Baby Health, Immunisations Tagged Child Health, Hib vaccine, immunisation, Meningitis, Meningitis Trust, Rash anaphylaxis, septicaemia, Vaccination, Vaccines, Virology Leave a comment
Suspected Meningitis Should Be Treated With Antibiotics
Many babies and young children suffering from suspected meningitis aren’t being given drugs soon enough, a new report suggests. Government advice recommends that GPs who see youngsters first and suspect they could have meningitis should give them a jab of antibiotics before they go to hospital. However, a study carried out at the University of…
Hib: the Hib form of meningitis
The Hib vaccine is given in three doses: at 2 months, 3 months and 4 months Hib stands for Haemophilus influenzae type B. The main illness caused by this infection is meningitis: Hib is the commonest form of meningitis in young children. About one in ten children who have this illness will suffer lasting harm,…
Meningitis awareness week
THIS week is Meningitis Awareness Week and babyworld will be featuring the condition throughout this week. Meningitis is every parent’s nightmare. It can kill within hours and no one knows where or whom it will strike next. The new meningitis C vaccine has made a massive impact, but meningitis and septicaemia are the most common…
Dominic’s story : Meningitis Scare
Malcolm and Sue Gannon will never forget Christmas Day 1997 when their six month old son, Dominic ended up fighting for his life in Booth Hall Children’s Hospital with meningitis. Early on Christmas morning, Dominic’s dad Malc noticed that his baby son had a bit of a cold. Not thinking anything of it, Malc gave…
Posted in Baby Health Tagged Christmas, Christmas Day, Dominic, Intensive-care unit, Malc, Malc Gannon, Meningitis, Meningitis Trust, Rash, Sue Gannon Leave a comment
