GSK Campaign Aims To Help Prevent Meningitis

GSK Campaign Aims To Help Prevent Meningitis https://raymondpronk.files.wordpress.com U.S. Paralympic cyclist and meningitis survivor Jamie Schanbaum helped launch the campaign with world-renowned photographer Anne Geddes and Dr. Len Friedland, Vice President, Director Scientific Affairs and Public Health, Vaccines North America for GSK. U.S. Paralympian wheelchair rugby player and meningitis survivor Nick Springer will also tell his story of survival throughout the campaign to help educate on the importance of vaccination. “I was in my first semester at my dream college when I learned one of the hardest lessons of my life. What I first thought was the flu turned out to be meningitis and I ended up losing all of my fingers and both legs below the knees,” Schanbaum said in the press release. The largest vaccines manufacturer in the world,  GSK launched a website to help parents and young people learn about meningococcal meningitis, the risk factors, how it can be spread, the symptoms, the impact of the disease and protective measures.  Visit  www.meningitis.com  for more information. “When it comes to meningitis, what you don’t know  can  hurt you. That’s why I have joined with GSK in this effort to educate others about meningitis, Schanbaum said. I urge everyone to take five minutes to learn the facts and what they can do to help prevent it.”