Vaccinate against meningococcal meningitis

Despite tremendous advances in recent decades, meningitis remains a widely feared disease with a high mortality rate. In 2019, around 2,50,000 people died as a result of meningitis. The WHO has released a visionary plan called 'Defeating Meningitis by 2030', by:

1. Ending bacterial meningitis outbreaks
2. Reduction of vaccine-preventable bacterial meningitis cases
3. Reducing disability and improving quality of life

According to a 2018 publication that was a systematic analysis for the Global burden of meningitis study 2016, India was among the top three nations in terms of absolute number of meningitis fatalities. N. meningitis is the third most prevalent cause of bacterial meningitis in children under the age of five in India. Let's pledge to defeat meningistis in India. #DefeatMenigitis.