{"id":505594,"date":"2026-04-23T17:23:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T21:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/world-meningitis-day\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T17:23:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T21:23:04","slug":"world-meningitis-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/world-meningitis-day\/","title":{"rendered":"World Meningitis Day"},"content":{"rendered":"The <strong>World Meningitis Day<\/strong> is celebrated every year on April 24th. On this day, various <a href=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/salud-2\/confianza-vacunas-casos-de-neumonia\/\">activities<\/a> are carried out to inform the population worldwide about the importance of preventing this disease through vaccination.\n\nMeningitis is a disease consisting of the inflammation of the thin tissue that surrounds the spinal cord and the brain. It is a serious bacterial infection that can cause significant brain damage and even death in 50% of people who are not treated.\n\nThroughout the World Meningitis Day held on April 24th, the number 24 takes on great importance because it can become a devastating disease in 24 hours, hence the importance of vaccination and prevention against it.\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>We recommend reading:<a href=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/estilo\/salud-publica\/\">Meningitis remains a challenge for public health, specialists warn<\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\nIn many cities, various activities and initiatives are carried out on the occasion of World Meningitis Day to raise awareness of this disease, such as exhibitions, conferences, activities for children, etc.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The World Meningitis Day is celebrated every year on April 24th. On this day, various activities are carried out to inform the population worldwide about the importance of preventing this disease through vaccination. Meningitis is a disease consisting of the inflammation of the thin tissue that surrounds the spinal cord and the brain. It is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133556,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-505594","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized"},"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"Yerandi Santana","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-13-at-5.35.07-PM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["Uncategorized"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/133556"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=505594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505594\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}