Meningitis

Other Places To Get Help

Online Resource

KidsHealth for Parents, Children, and Teens
Nemours Foundation
Web Address:	www.kidshealth.org
This Web site provides a wide range of information about children's health, from allergies and diseases to normal growth and development (birth to adolescence). This Web site offers separate areas for kids, teens, and parents, each providing age-appropriate information that the child or parent can understand. You can sign up to get weekly emails about your area of interest.

Organizations

Meningitis Foundation of America
6610 North Shadeland Avenue
Suite 220
Indianapolis, IN  46220
Phone:	1-800-668-1129 (317) 595-6395
Web Address:	http://www.musa.org
This organization helps support people who have had meningitis and their families. Its Web site contains information about diagnosis and treatment. The Meningitis Foundation of America also supports the development of vaccines and other means of preventing the illness.
MUMS: National Parent-to-Parent Network
150 Custer Court
Green Bay, WI  54301-1243
Phone:	1-877-336-5333 (parents only) toll-free (920) 336-5333
Fax:	(920) 339-0995
E-mail:	mums@netnet.net
Web Address:	www.netnet.net/mums
MUMS is a national parent-to-parent organization for parents or caregivers of a child with any disability, rare or common disorder, chromosomal abnormality, or health condition. The organization's main purpose is to provide support to parents in the form of a networking system that matches them with other parents whose children have the same or a similar condition.
National Meningitis Association
738 Robinson Farms Drive
Marietta, GA  30068
Phone:	1-866-FONE-NMA (1-866-366-3662) toll-free
Fax:	1-877-703-6096
E-mail:	support@nmaus.org
Web Address:	http://www.nmaus.org/
The National Meningitis Association (NMA) is a nonprofit group founded by five parents whose children have died or suffered long-term disabilities from meningococcal meningitis, a type of bacterial meningitis. The NMA educates families, medical professionals, and others about how to prevent bacterial meningitis.
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
1600 Clifton Road
Atlanta, GA  30333
Phone:	1-800-311-3435 (public inquiries) (404) 639-3534 (public inquiries)
TDD:	(404) 639-3312
Web Address:	www.cdc.gov
The Web site for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides health information for the public. The CDC is the leading federal agency for protecting U.S. citizens' health and safety by promoting health and by providing credible health information.

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Author:	Debby Golonka, MPH	Last Updated: January 19, 2007
Medical Review:	Michael J. Sexton, MD - Pediatrics W. David Colby IV, MSc, MD, FRCPC - Infectious Disease
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