Population impact and effectiveness of sequential 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate and monovalent rotavirus vaccine introduction on infant mortality: prospective birth cohort studies from Malawi

Background Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) and rotavirus vaccine (RV) are key tools for reducing common causes of infant mortality. However, measurement of population-level mortality impact is lacking from sub-Saharan Africa. We evaluated mortality impact and vaccine effectiveness (VE) of PCV13...

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Main Authors: Anthony Costello, Neil French, Charles Mwansambo, Ellen Heinsbroek, Naor Bar-Zeev, Amelia Crampin, Nigel Cunliffe, Sonia Lewycka, Carina King, James Beard, Tambosi Phiri, Hazzie Mvula, Dan Hungerford, Jennifer Verani, Cynthia Whitney, Rob Heyderman, Osamu Nakagomi, Jacqueline E Tate, Umesh D Parashar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2020-09-01
Series:BMJ Global Health
Online Access:https://gh.bmj.com/content/5/9/e002669.full
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