This World Meningitis Day we were able to create a nationwide chain of purple light to symbolise our hopes for the aims of the World Health Organisation’s Global Road Map to Defeat Meningitis by 2030 and in remembrance of everyone who has lost their life, or had their life changed forever, because of meningitis.
Thank you to all of those who take photos of their local landmarks and shared these with us.
Some of those images are shown here, along with a map image of the locations and a List of Landmarks for WMD2026 .
Meningitis effects anyone, anywhere at anytime. It develops rapidly leaving someone with little time to seek the treatment they need to survive. it can kill in hours, often has life-long health implications for those who do survive and serious social and economic consequences.
However through knowledge, vaccination and collective action we can make great strides in preventing its spread and supporting all those who have been affected.
