World Encephalitis Day - 22 February
It has been over 5 years since we first began our efforts to engage the World Health Organization (WHO) to support our work following the publication of the Global Impact Report.
Coinciding with World Encephalitis Day 2025, the WHO published a Technical Brief on encephalitis, to engage policymakers and public health officials.
Encephalitis: global threats, trends and public health implications: a technical brief
Check out our Highlights!
This year, the encephalitis community joined together once more to raise awareness and vital funds on World Encephalitis Day.
22 Highlights from 22 February 2025…click here to read our highlights blog.
WED - Official Partners
Encephalitis International was proud to deliver this year’s World Encephalitis Day in collaboration with several generous corporate supporters.
If you’re interested in supporting us in 2026 we have a range of campaign partnership opportunities and can be flexible for what suits your organisation. Please get in touch with Calum Goodwin via calum@encephalitis.info.
Get Involved!
World Encephalitis Day is the biggest day of the year for people whose lives have been affected by inflammation of the brain. Since its launch in 2014, World Encephalitis Day has reached 628 million people globally in our efforts to grow global awareness of encephalitis.
During the past decade, World Encephalitis Day has been championed by people from all around the world. But you can spread awareness at any time – please feel free to share our 5 Encephalitis Facts with your community:
Go #Red4WED
Every year we ask our supporters to wear something red on World Encephalitis Day and then share their photos or videos on social media, telling their followers about why they are wearing red.
On 22 February, wearing something red could mean anything – a red bow tie, red hat, red nails, red trousers or one of our official World Encephalitis Day t-shirts.
Camera shy? Just take a photo of your #Red4WED t-shirt or share our 5 Encephalitis Facts.
If you are going #Red4WED and sharing any photos or videos on social media, please use the campaign hashtag #Red4WED and send us a copy, so we can share them with our encephalitis community!
See the fantastic 2025 #Red4WED images here!
