CEO Meningitis Research Foundation (MRF) & Confederation of Meningitis Organisations (CoMO)
Bristol, UK
Joined November 2009
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Vinny Smith retweeted
🌍 Today is #WorldMeningitisDay.
#Meningitis can kill in under 24 hours, but together, we can defeat it. Join @UNICEF, @WHO, @M_R_F & partners in raising awareness, supporting vaccines, and sharing life-saving info.
Every action counts in the fight to #DefeatMeningitis!
Vinny Smith retweeted
Bacterial meningitis is largely vaccine-preventable but access to it is inequitable, & no one vaccine protects against all causes.
Newborns & children <5 are among the most affected.
Every day to 2030 matters, let’s hold our governments to account!
#WorldMeningitisDay2022
Vinny Smith retweeted
Today is World Meningitis Day, which aims to raise awareness about the disease.
Meningitis can affect anyone at any time. Be aware of all the signs and symptoms 👉 fal.cn/3stuw
#WorldMeningitisDay2022 #DefeatMeningitis
Thank you for sharing @WHO and for being great partners on the journey to #DefeatMeningitis on the #WorldMeningitisDay2022
Today is #WorldMeningitisDay!
#Meningitis is the world's 6th largest infectious disease killer with 2.5 million new cases every year.
It can affect anyone at any age.
It can be fatal within a few hours & cause lifelong disability bit.ly/3visCI2
#DefeatMeningitis
Vinny Smith retweeted
Today is 🌍 #worldmeningitisday2022! Why is WMD so important, and how does it affect newborns across the globe, leaving babies with long-term illnesses? A #GroupBStrep vaccine 💉 could stop significant neonatal death. #meningitis #sepsis #pneumonia #Defeatmeningitis #ISSAD2023
Thank you for sharing @Stop_Pneumonia !
The #Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine targets the 2 leading infectious killers of children - #pneumonia & #meningitis 👇
Yet, > 1 in 2 kids globally is not fully protected with the #PCV 💉
A road map is in place. Let's #DefeatMeningitis
#WorldMeningitisDay2022 #EveryBreathCounts
Vinny Smith retweeted
It’s World Meningitis Day tomorrow: let’s take action to save lives.
Share this post and then head to our blog to find out all the ways you can get involved: bit.ly/3CvcV6p
#WorldMeningitisDay2022 #DefeatMeningitis
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Vinny Smith retweeted
Are you and your family up-to-date with your immunisations? For everything you need to know about protecting the ones you care about from meningitis check out our vaccination information page. bit.ly/2JGQXUk #DefeatMeningitis #WorldImmunizationWeek
Vinny Smith retweeted
It’s World Immunization Week – find out how vaccines are helping us in the fight to defeat meningitis and what we will be doing to support @WHO’s awareness raising campaign in our latest blog: bit.ly/3OviCVV #WorldImmunizationWeek #DefeatMeningitis
Vinny Smith retweeted
👊Would you like to help defeat meningitis?
👩👩👧👧 Do you want to give your time and expertise to support and connect people and research to drive action and save lives?
Be the Chair of our Board and help us drive our strategic objectives forward. bit.ly/3idemvH
Vinny Smith retweeted
The data is clear: there is an urgent need for a vaccine to prevent deadly Group B streptococcus, and help #DefeatMeningitis wherever it exists.
Click here: meningitis.org/urgent-need-f… to find out more.
Vinny Smith retweeted
"These economic analyses are important. They're important to countries who want to get good value for their health budgets and it's important for @gavi." - Dr Caroline Trotter, @Cambridge_Uni, reminds us of the practical implications of #GBS research.
Vinny Smith retweeted
"We have evidence now that a #GBS vaccine is cost-effective. This is the push forward we need." - Dr Caroline Trotter, @Cambridge_Uni
Read the joint @LSHTM / @WHO full vaccine assessment report ➡️ bit.ly/GBSvaccine #ISSAD2021
Urgent need for vaccine to prevent deadly Group B streptococcus | Meningitis Research Foundation meningitis.org/urgent-need-f…
Vinny Smith retweeted
Chaired by Associate Professor Matthew Snape, @UniofOxford, we're now holding a panel discussion at #MRFConf2021 on the potential for adolescent MenB immunisation programmes to control meningococcal B infection and gonorrhoea.
Vinny Smith retweeted
Dr André Bita from @WHO joins us now at #MRFConf2021 to present on the challenges and possible solutions to improving laboratory confirmation of bacterial meningitis.
Vinny Smith retweeted
Rapid diagnostic tests have long been on our "wishlist" for effective diagnosis and treatment of meningitis.
We're delighted to be joined by @CDCgov's Dr Xin Wang, presenting on where we are now and what’s happening next with RDT development and deployment.
Vinny Smith retweeted
Our final session of the first day of #MRFConf2021, chaired by @adamhfinn, begins with the question on many of our minds - "Will meningitis infections rebound as Covid restrictions end?"
The talks we will hear from in this session hope to begin answering that question.
Vinny Smith retweeted
Today if the first day of our 13th international Meningitis Research Foundation Conference 🔬
We believe that research & collaboration will allow us to #DefeatMeningitis. The #MRFConf2021, aligned to the @WHO Global Roadmap, brings us closer to a world free from meningitis.