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Network of rotavirus vaccine champions convenes in Bangkok
ROTA Council convened a technical and advocacy symposium to protect children in Asia from rotavirus disease Participants from 13 countries joined together at the regional advocacy workshop Evidence-based advocacy for rotavirus prevention in Asia, held 7 November, 2016...
Inside the 12th annual International Rotavirus Symposium
Over 350 people from more than 55 countries gathered to discuss progress on a unanimous mission: lowering deaths due to rotavirus, the global leading cause of severe diarrhea among children under 5 years of age. The event was organized by the Sabin Vaccine Institute...
“Bangladesh Should Introduce Rotavirus Vaccine into National Immunisation”
This article originally appeared in News Hour on April 6, 2016 and The Daily Star on April 7, 2016. Early this year thousands of children got access to rotavirus vaccines in India with the start of a national introduction that marks Asia’s largest to date. But over 90...
India launches war against a virus that kills over 100,000 kids every year
This article originally appeared in Quartz India on March 28, 2016. This month, hundreds of thousands of children will get access to rotavirus vaccines in India with the start of a national introduction that marks Asia’s largest to date. But over 90 million children...
Scourge of Rotavirus, Ways to Stop it
This commentary, authored by Drs. Laxman Shrestha and Mathuram Santosham, originally appeared in The Himalayan Times on March 28, 2016. This month, hundreds of thousands of children will get access to rotavirus vaccines in India with the start of a national...