
A new global study reveals meningitis caused 259,000 deaths in 2023, with children most affected, highlighting stalled progress, vaccine gaps, and the need for stronger surveillance and prevention strategies.
Sarah Brooke Sirota, MA, is a researcher at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). She is responsible for modeling meningitis, encephalitis, upper and lower respiratory infections, and otitis media. Before her role at IHME, she graduated from Saint Mary’s College of California with a BS in neuropsychology and Fresno State in California with an MA in psychology.

A new global study reveals meningitis caused 259,000 deaths in 2023, with children most affected, highlighting stalled progress, vaccine gaps, and the need for stronger surveillance and prevention strategies.