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New Research: Rotavirus vaccine cuts infant diarrhea deaths by a third in Malawi
A major new study has shown that rotavirus vaccination reduced infant diarrhea deaths by one-third in rural Malawi, a region with high levels of child deaths. The study led by scientists at the University of Liverpool, University College London, Johns Hopkins...
Searching for solutions to deaths and hospitalization from serious childhood diseases like rotavirus diarrhea
This article originally appeared in News Hour on August 4, 2018. Rotavirus is one of the several viruses known to cause a self-limited gastroenteritis, better known as diarrhea. Fluid stool losses may be dramatic, and death from dehydration is not uncommon,...
A disease of the children that can easily be prevented
This article appeared in The Daily Star on August 5,...
Defeat the disease, immunize every child
Opinion Editorial Defeat the disease, immunize every child Author: Dr. Dang Duc Anh Over the course of two decades of studying paediatric infectious disease, I have seen many sick children rendered weak and dehydrated, their families bearing the emotional and...
May 2018 Progress Update
Dear Colleagues, Three country's concurrent rollouts of rotavirus vaccine are ensuring access for tens of millions of children across a 3,000 kilometer-wide swath of South Asia, from Afghanistan and Pakistan, both of which administer the vaccine in all provinces, to...