Effect of pentavalent rotavirus vaccine introduction on hospital admissions for diarrhoea and rotavirus in children in Rwanda: a time-series analysis

Background: In May, 2012, Rwanda became the first low-income African country to introduce pentavalent rotavirus vaccine into its routine national immunisation programme. Although the potential health benefits of rotavirus vaccination are huge in low-income African countries that account for more tha...

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Main Authors: Dr. Fidele Ngabo, MSc, Jacqueline E Tate, PhD, Maurice Gatera, MSc, Celse Rugambwa, MSc, Philippe Donnen, PhD, Prof. Philippe Lepage, PhD, Jason M Mwenda, PhD, Agnes Binagwaho, PhD, Umesh D Parashar, MBBS
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-02-01
Series:The Lancet Global Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X15002703