![]() ![]() Common people get to know about the disease and its death rate. With collective global action we can make this our reality by 2030," wrote Confederation of Meningitis Organisations on their official website.Ĭelebrating Meningitis Day helps in creating awareness about the disease. Countries worldwide have committed to the vision of better prevention, diagnosis, treatment, disease monitoring, health advocacy, and support and aftercare. "The World Health Organization’s Global Road Map to Defeat Meningitis by 2030 will improve prevention, diagnosis and treatment, disease monitoring, health advocacy, and support and aftercare, saving up to 200,000 lives annually and significantly reducing disabilities caused by meningitis. The World Meningitis Day campaign has been coordinated by CoMO every year since 2009. Under the umbrella of CoMo, the World Meningitis Day started in 2009. The conference led to the creation of the Confederation of Meningitis Organisations (CoMO). The first ever world conference of meningitis organisations was held in 2004. Thomas Willis (1621 to 1675), was first to report individuals with “inflammation of the meninges with a constant fever" in 1661. Hippocrates (c.460 to 370 B.C.), the father of modern medicine, was first to notice what could have been meningitis when he noticed inflammation of the brain’s lining. "Exciting news! Mint is now on WhatsApp Channels □ Subscribe today by clicking the link and stay updated with the latest financial insights!" Click here! In infants: They may have a bulging fontanelle (soft spot) and droopy and unresponsivenessĮarlier, the World Meningitis Day was celebrated on April 24 every year but in 2022, after the 27th World Health Assembly approved the first ever resolution on meningitis prevention and control and the Defeating meningitis by 2030 global road map, the celebration date was changed to October 5 to allow more people to participate. ![]() Symptoms of meningitis can include: stiff neck fever sensitivity to light confusion and drowsiness headaches vomiting rash seizures Meningitis is one of the leading causes of neurological disability, which can last a lifetime Meningitis can strike everyone and at all ages – it can be fatal within a few hours and cause lifelong disability. ![]()
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