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posts related to: septicaemia
Meningitis Matters campaign
Meningitis Research Foundation (MRF) campaigners are descending on Parliament on Tuesday 13th December to ensure meningitis remains a top public health priority at a time of radical reforms of the NHS. The Meningitis Matters campaign has been launched as a result of proposed changes which may destabilise progress that has been made to control meningitis…
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Tagged campaign, Meningitis, Meningitis B, Meningitis Research Foundation, meningococcal meningitis, News, septicaemia
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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…
Immunisation illnesses explained
The current immunisation program offers protection against eleven infectious diseases but because vaccinations have been so effective, many people know very little about these illnesses. Read on to find out more about the diseases you’re protecting your child from. Diphtheria Diphtheria is an extremely infectious disease which, thanks to vaccinations, is very rare in the UK. However, in poorer countries…
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Tagged Bacterial diseases, blood poisoning, common cold, congenital rubella syndrome, Diphtheria Tetanus Pertussis, encephalitis, epilepsy, flu, homeopathy, illness, infection, Infectious diseases, Infertility, inflammation, Measles, Meningitis, Meningitis C, Miscarriage, Mumps, oral polio drops, Pertussis, pneumococcal disease, pneumonia, polio, rubella, septicaemia, TB, tetanus, tuberculosis, Vaccination, viral infection, whooping cough
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Meningococcal Conjugate (MenC)
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 booster…
Pneumococcal vaccine
The pneumococcal vaccine protects against pneumococcal infections including meningitis, septicaemia and pneumonia. The most serious pneumococcal infections happen during the first 2 years of life which is why older children do not need to be vaccinated. Children are vaccinated at two, four and 13 months old. The recommended period of time between the first two pneumococcal vaccinations is two months…
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…
New vaccine for pneumococcal meningitis
With Meningitis Awareness Day on 24th April, a new vaccine will be very welcome news. Meningitis Research Foundation welcomed the news of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) receiving European Commission approval for its new pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, Synflorix, to protect against 10 strains of pneumococcal disease in the UK. Any advances in the protection offered to children against this…
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Pneumococcal infections
Pneumococcal infections The pneumococcal vaccine protects against pneumococcal infections including meningitis, septicaemia and pneumonia. The most serious pneumococcal infections happen during the first 2 years of life which is why older children do not need to be vaccinated. Children are vaccinated at two, four and 13 months old. The recommended period of time between the…
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…
What are meningitis and septicaemia?
Meningitis and septicaemia can strike without warning and can kill within hours. Some survivors are left with permanent disabilities such as deafness, brain damage and amputations. In 1999 in the UK over 3000 people were affected, with 300 deaths. Since the introduction of the C vaccine in the autumn of 1999 there has been a dramatic decrease in the…
