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Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC):
www.amrc.org.uk
The AMRC's objectives are to further medical research in the UK generally and in particular to advance the effectiveness of those charities of which a principal activity is medical research. Meningitis Research Foundation joined the AMRC in July 1998.
AGMK: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Meningokokken
www.agmk.de
German meningococcal working group.
British Infection Society:
www.britishinfectionsociety.org
The aims of the Society are to promote the science and practice of medicine in relation to infection, and to further research, education and training in the subject.
British Medical Journal:
www.bmj.com
Cells Alive:
www.cellsalive.com
Photographs of cells, including viruses and bacteria.
Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC):
www.cdc.gov
The CDC is one of the major operating components of the Department of Health and Human Services in the USA, providing credible health information online.
Chief Medical Officer:
www.dh.gov.uk
The UK's Chief Medical Officer's 'progress on policy' report 'Preventing Meningitis', published 7 November 2005.
Child Bereavement Trust:
www.childbereavement.org.uk
The Child Bereavement Trust leads the way as the centre of excellence for improving the care offered by professionals to grieving families.
Child Brain Injury Trust:
www.cbituk.org
The Child Brain Injury Trust supports children and young people who have acquired brain injuries, and their families.
Confederation of Meningitis Organisations:
www.COMOonline.org
The Confederation of Meningitis Organisations (COMO) is dedicated to assisting member organisations to be sustainable, identifiable and influential sources for information and support services for those people affected by meningitis in their regions.
Directory of Open Access Journals:
www.doaj.org
The aim of the Directory of Open Access Journals is to increase the visibility and ease of use of open access scientific and scholarly journals thereby promoting their increased usage and impact.
EU IBIS:
http://www.euibis.org/
The European Union Invasive Bacterial Infections Surveillance Network (EU-IBIS) began in 1999 and aims to improve the epidemiological information on invasive disease caused by N. meningitidis and H. influenzae within the EU.
Group B Strep Support:
www.gbss.org.uk
Offers information and support to parents and health professionals on Group B Strep.
Guidestar:
www.guidestar.org.uk
A free public website providing a source of high quality information on more than 167,000 UK-registered charities, including the Foundation.
Health Protection Agency:
www.hpa.org.uk
Publishes data on meningitis and septicaemia in England and Wales.
Health Protection Scotland:
www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/
Publishes data on cases of meningitis and septicaemia in Scotland.
Know About Pneumo:
www.aboutpneumo.com
Raising awareness of pneumococcal disease, including pneumococcal meningitis, in the over 65s in the UK.
KTL:
www.ktl.fi
Finnish national public health institute protects and promotes public health in Finland.
Medecins Sans Frontiers:
http://www.msf.org
MSF is an independent humanitarian medical aid agency committed to two objectives: providing medical aid wherever needed, regardless of race, religion, politics or sex and raising awareness of the plight of the people they help.
Medscape:
www.medscape.com
A website, designed for medical professionals, with a large database of medical articles.
Meningitis Trust:
www.meningitis-trust.org
A charity which fights meningitis through research, education and support for families and individuals.
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR):
www.cdc.gov/mmwr
National Meningococcal Reference Centre (Germany):
www.meningococcus.de
German national meningococcal reference centre:
www.neisseria.org
Neisseria.org exists to provide an electronic resource for all individuals interested in research and clinical aspects of the Neisseria, especially Neisseria meningitidis.
NHS Direct:
www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/
Health information on the internet.
NHS Immunisation:
www.immunisation.nhs.uk
The most comprehensive, up-to-date and accurate source of information on vaccines, disease and immunisation in the UK.
pneumoADIP:
www.preventpneumo.org
PneumoADIP's mission is to improve child survival and health by accelerating the evaluation of and access to new, life-saving pneumococcal vaccines for the world's children.
RAPPID:
www.rappid.org.uk
Raising Awareness of Paediatric Pneumococcal Infection and Disease.
RIVM:
www.rivm.nl
Dutch national institute for public health and the environment.
Robert Koch Institut:
www.rki.de
The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) is the central federal institution responsible for disease control and prevention in Germany. It is the central reference institution for both applied and response-orientated research as well as for the Public Health Sector.
Swiss National Centre for Meningococci:
www.meningo.ch
NCM aims to assist Swiss laboratories with detection of Neisseria meningitidis and to participate in the dissemination of scientific information.
The Sanger Centre:
www.sanger.ac.uk
The Sanger Centre aims to further the knowledge of genomes, particularly through large-scale sequencing and analysis.
The Vaccine Page:
www.vaccines.org/forpractitioners
The Vaccine Page provides access to up-to-the-minute news about vaccines and an annotated database of vaccine resources on the Internet.
Understanding the Immune System:
www.niaid.nih.gov
WHO:
www.who.int
World Health Organization.