
Our Chair Gerard Rushton recently spoke to Amanda Gillies at The Detail Host about the need for urgent action from government and health officials to make vaccines accessible to all our young people at risk.

2025 has been another very busy and productive year for the team at MFANZ.

This year we are thrilled to announce that we have secured 42 landmarks throughout Aotearoa New Zealand to be lit up in purple on October 5.

A meningitis survivor shares their personal journey, our new QR symptoms code, MFANZ Trustee Pete’s attendance at CoMO and our thanks to a new funding supporter.

A busy couple of months for our Trustees attending several University events in February and our AGM in Christchurch on March 8.

Reflections from our Chair and thanks to all of our supporters, donors, funders and volunteers.

We've got a lot of exciting news and projects for World Meningitis Day - 5 October 2024 to share with you

With World Meningitis Day less than two weeks away, we’re excited to share our plans for Saturday 5 October, as well as the rest of our activity in October.

Attending the Medicines Summit, Vaccines Update and we're developing some new exciting new education material.

Attending Canterbury University Open Day, and welcoming new members to the Meninigits Foundation Team.

A special edition to support and celebrate 2023 World Meningitis Day.