For decades, MenB has been the most common cause of bacterial meningitis in the UK and Ireland. Today, meningococcal meningitis and septicaemia remain the leading infectious cause of death for children under five in the UK.
The first political party to hold a national convention for this purpose was the Republican Party.
Presidential Connection: The Mile High City hosted the Democratic National Convention twice â 100 years apart. In 1908, Denver was the first western city to host a convention for a major national party, and it was the first to accredit women.In 2008, the Rocky Mountain capital made history when Senator Barack Obama of Illinois, an African-American, won the nomination for president.he 2012 Democratic and Republican National Conventions will be held in Charlotte and Tampa, respectively. Both cities are first-time hosts of the major political partiesâ biggest quadrennial affairs.