Rotavirus vaccination could save 500 000 children

PATH says children should not die from diarrhea

Recent studies in Mexico and Africa, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, demonstrate a reduction in diarrheal disease deaths following rotavirus vaccine introduction in Mexico and vaccine efficacy among impoverished populations in Malawi and South Africa. Both studies underscore the importance of vaccination in achieving significant reduction of severe rotavirus infections among children in the developing world, where disease impact is greatest. Global NGO PATH and GAVI are working with partners to tackle rotavirus. This film from PATH shows how worldwide, rotavirus is the leading cause of severe diarrhea, which takes the lives of more than 500,000 children under 5 every year - and causes the hospitalization of millions more.

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