At 16 months of age, Ellie Challis suffered from meningococcal brain disease and forced the limbs to keep life.At the age of 8, she was charming with swimming and was currently the bright fisherman of England.

Overcoming the pain, Ellie reaped many achievements on the green track.Photo: British Swimming

In 2020, Ellie is the youngest swimming athlete in England to win a silver medal at Paralympic 2020 at the age of 17.Ellie continued to win many medals at the Championships and World Para Swimming world championships in 2022, 2023. This year, the female fisherman continued to participate in Paralmpic Paris 2024 and won the gold medal in the back of the back of 50m.

Théo in a training session.Source: Instagram character

At the age of 6, Curin was suffered from C -tissue C -tissue brain disease and had a limb.Overcoming the fear of water, Curin gradually reaped many achievements in the swimming career.In 2016, he was the youngest fisherman in the French team in Paralympic.Not stopping there, he is also a model, actor speaker, actively supporting children with cancer ..

Later than Ellie and Théo, Davide Morana (Italian) suffered from Group C meningococcal disease when 24 years old.He had both hands and feet, but the disease could not stop him from becoming a Paralympic athlete.He repeatedly won the Italy with a distance of 100 meters and 200 meters.

Davide in a training session.Source: Instagram character

3 athletes Ellie Challis, Théo Curin and Davide Morana are all permanently suffering from meningococcal brain disease and are a testament to the danger of the disease.3 athletes are actively calling on the community to raise awareness about the dangers of the disease and adequate vaccination.In 2023, all 3 waved the flag to repel meningitis.The campaign was organized by the study of meningococcal brain diseases, the Federation of Organization of Membra Cerebral Disease Control (COMO) and Sanofi to raise awareness and understanding of meningococcal brain disease.

3 encouraged the flag to repel meningitis in 2023. Source: Sanofi

Experts saidCerebral brain diseaseTransmission through respiratory tract, can be fatal for 24 hours with severe complications such as meningitis, bacterial infections, pneumonia, arthritis, pericarditis ...

According to the World Health Organization, every two people suffering from meningococcal brain disease will not be treated promptly, 1 person will die.Despite being treated promptly and positively, the mortality rate is still high from 5-15%.5 people who survived the disease of the meningococcal brain, 1 person suffered from sequelae such as amputation, deafness, blindness, psychological disorders, intellectual disorders ...

Anyone can have meningococcal brain disease.Children under 5 years old, 14-20 years old teenagers, immunodeficiency people, the elderly are groups with the highest risk.

Adolescents are easily infected with daily life such as schools, clubs, dormitories and often participate in social communication.According to a 2024 study on the US National Medical Library, 48% of patients died from the teenage brain.In Australia, Canada, Europe, New Zealand and the United States, teenagers have a meningococcal incidence of 1.5-3 times higher than the common population.A 2010 study analysis data from 28 countries showed that adolescents were the most coincidental group and 23.7% of the age of 19. In Vietnam, statistics also show that young people and people areAdults account for 60% of the meningococcal brain.

Adolescents are a high -risk group with meningococcal brain disease.Source: Unsplash

Cerebral brain disease is also a mental, psychological burden, for families and caregivers.Global survey shows that caregivers may have stress disorders, mental disorders, and economic burden due to patients care.

Young people need to vaccinate the meningococcal brain enough to dose and schedule.Photo: Freepik

Experts recommend preventing disease with vaccines for young children, adolescents and family members is a way to repel the meningococcal brain disease.Vietnam has 3 types of room vaccines 5 groups of dangerous brain bacteria including room A, C, Y, W-135 vaccine of the US, group B of Italy and Group B, C Cuba.In particular, the plus vaccine is associated with price A, C, Y, W-135 prevention of meningitis caused by meningococcal brain to reduce up to 90% of the cases in the main serum groups C, Y and W-135.People need to inject enough doses, scheduled and prevent all 5 groups of meningococcal brain bacteria.