The Meningitis Centre Australia has been operating for 27 years and aims to raise awareness about meningococcal and meningitis related diseases. It is a disease which can kill within 24 hours. We are a hard working organisation which aims to lower the rates of this disease and the burden it brings with it to survivors and families. You can contract the disease through coughing, sneezing, sharing drink bottles, kissing. It appears like flu like symptoms and gradually worsens over a period of 24 hours.