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Encephalitis International

What is encephalitis?

Encephalitis is an inflammation of the brain. It is caused either by an infection invading the brain (infectious encephalitis) or through the immune system attacking the brain in error (post-infectious or autoimmune encephalitis).

500K

People are affected by encephalitis globally each year

78%

of people across the world do not know what encephalitis is

111M

People reached during our 2023 World Encephalitis Day campaign

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Steve's Story - Part Two

Steve’s Story – From the outside Summer 2018. Read Part One The start Looking back there were signs from as early as July 2018 (writes Lisa). Steve had completed a half marathon on a hot day and, in the weeks afterwards, he started to describe his calf muscles as ‘bags of snakes’ – they were […]

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Steve's Story - Part One

My name is Steve and I work as a trainer within a social services setting. I am a runner (ultra/full/half-marathons), I surf, outdoor swim, mountain bike, play tennis, badminton and occasionally even table tennis. I love to move! That is a truth. Basically any sport outdoors I will give a go. I tell all this […]

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Tony's Story

Sheesh…now where exactly does one start? Since September 2012 I’ve told this story to so many people it’s unreal, but I do think that it’s always been for a slightly different audience to what this telling of the tale probably is. Firstly some of the people reading this will actually know what encephalitis is whereas […]

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171 people are diagnosed with encephalitis every hour.

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The above number reflects how many people have been diagnosed so far this year.
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One person is diagnosed with encephalitis every minute, and life for them and their family will never be the same again. Make a donation today and help us build a world without death and disability from encephalitis.

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