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I'm going to be running the Manchester 5k fun run on the 24th August. It's going to be my first ever sponsored run to celebrate the end of my running training that i've been doing and the to celebrate the start of a new healthier life style. I've chosen the Meningitis  Research Foundation as my charity.

Infectious disease should be so easy to stop - we've developed vaccines to some forms of meningitis already. Unfortunately, there are still deadly strains out there and without money in the right areas, the research needed to develop vaccines can't continue.

If patients don't die from the disease, many lose limbs from amputation and are left with brain damage. With my background in infectious disease, I personally believe that this should not have to happen when we've come so far already. Meningitis and septicemia can be a thing of the past, if we  can get some money behind it!

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