Successes, Challenges and Lessons Learned in Accelerating Introduction of Rotavirus Immunisation in Zambia
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53525#.VMdJASzQrzE ' Author(s) Roma Chilengi 1,2* , Cheryl Rudd 1,2 , Carolyn Bolton 1,2 , Bradford Guffey 1,3 , Penelope Kalesha Masumbu 4 , Jeffrey Stringer 2 Affiliation(s) 1 Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Lusaka, Lusaka, Zambia . 2 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, USA . 3 University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, USA . 4 Ministry of Health, Lusaka, Zambia . ABSTRACT Introduction: Under five mortality in Zambia is unacceptably high and diarrhoea is the third leading contributor. The Programme for Awareness and Elimination of Diarrhoea (PAED) sought to support the government to accelerate the introduction of new vaccines, including the pneumococcal, second dose measles and rotavirus vaccines in Zambia. Here we present our approach, progress and lessons learned in two years of the programme. Stakehold...