It was August 2016 and I was 30 years old. I had reached the peak of my career when I landed my dream job travelling around Australia for work in aged care. I was happy. I was independent.
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World Health Assembly adopts “Defeating Meningitis by 2030” plan
Member States recommended the adoption of two resolutions on meningitis control and epilepsy at the 73rd World Health Assembly on Thursday (November 12).
Committee A, which focuses on programme and budget matters, decided to recommend the adoption of the first-ever resolution on meningitis, which would approve a global roadmap to defeat...
7 week old South Australian Baby dies from meningococcal disease
A newborn baby from Adelaide has died in hospital after contracting meningococcal disease.
SA Health confirmed on Sunday it had been notified of a case of invasive meningococcal disease in a seven-week-old girl.
'Tragically, the baby has died in hospital,' a statement said.
Medical experts...
13 year old from South Australia recovers from meningococcal
A teenage girl is in a stable condition in hospital after contracting meningococcal disease.
The 13-year-old from metropolitan Adelaide is the fourth case of the disease this year, compared to 23 cases at the same time last year.
Health officials have identified multiple close contacts of the...
