Understand meningitis and septicaemia

Welcome to Meningitis Research Foundation's website.

We fund research to prevent meningitis and septicaemia, and to improve survival rates and outcomes. We promote education and awareness to reduce death and disability, and give support to people affected. Our vision is a world free from meningitis and septicaemia.

If this site helps you, please consider helping us. We rely on the generosity of the public to fund our work.

If you're in the UK,listen to Dr Hilary Jones talk about the facts For those in the Republic of Ireland listen to Claire Byrne

Are you worried about any of these symptoms? Find out what to do next

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Research

We fund the largest programme of research of any meningitis charity into the prevention, detection and treatment of meningitis and septicaemia. Read about our current projects and research findings.

Health professionals

Click here for our range of guidance notes, educational tools, and treatment algorithms to help you recognise and treat the diseases, and to obtain information and help for your patients.

Free B Aware symptoms pack

If you're in the UK or Ireland, for your free B Aware pack click here to send us an email with your name, postal address and the age of any children you have

Order on-line

You can order from Meningitis Research Foundation's life-saving range of symptoms information for the public and materials for health professionals to help with diagnosis, treatment and prevention of the diseases by clicking here.

Someone to talk to

If you have been affected by meningitis or septicaemia, trained staff and nurses on the Freefone 24 hour helpline are here to listen, answer your questions and offers support whenever you need us