Should India launch a national immunisation programme against rotavirus? Yes

India needs a national COPD prevention and control programme.

Should childhood immunisation be compulsory?

Immunisation is offered to all age groups in the UK, but is mainly given to infants and school-age children. Such immunisation is not compulsory, in contrast to other countries, such as the United States. Levels of immunisation are generally very high in the UK, but the rates of immunisation vary with the public perception of the risk of side effects. This article discusses whether compulsory v...

Yes, We Can! (Should We?).

Prospects for routine childhood vaccination against rotavirus in India.

Rotavirus is the leading cause of severe acute gastroenteritis (AGE) in children under 5 years of age worldwide. In both developing and industrialized countries, about one-third of AGE hospitalizations in children under 5 are attributable to rotavirus infection. While rotavirus AGE is ubiquitous, more than 90% of the estimated 453 000 annual rotavirus deaths occur in developing countries, prima...

Costs of introducing pneumococcal, rotavirus and a second dose of measles vaccine into the Zambian immunisation programme: Are expansions sustainable?

BACKGROUND Introduction of new vaccines in low- and lower middle-income countries has accelerated since Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance was established in 2000. This study sought to (i) estimate the costs of introducing pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, rotavirus vaccine and a second dose of measles vaccine in Zambia; and (ii) assess affordability of the new vaccines in relation to Gavi's co-financing...