Introduction A monovalent rotavirus vaccine was introduced in the Ethiopian Expanded
Program on Immunization from November 2013. We compared impact of rotavirus vaccine …

Background Sentinel surveillance for diarrhoea is important to monitor changes in rotavirus
epidemiological trends and circulating genotypes among children under 5 years before and …

Introduction Ghana introduced monovalent rotavirus vaccine in April 2012. We sought to
determine the long-term impact of routine rotavirus vaccination on rotavirus gastroenteritis …

Background Rotavirus vaccination has reduced diarrhoeal morbidity and mortality globally.
The monovalent rotavirus vaccine was introduced into the public immunization program in …

Background The high burden of rotavirus acute gastroenteritis (AGE) is well documented
among children under 5 years of age, with the majority of mortality occurring in developing …

Background: Rotavirus surveillance was initiated in Ethiopia to estimate the burden of
rotavirus gastroenteritis in children< 5 years of age, to generate data to assist the policy …

Background Rotaviruses mortality among infants and young children is high in Sub-Saharan
Africa. Recently, Ethiopia introduced the monovalent rotavirus vaccine in its national …

Background Ghana introduced the monovalent rotavirus vaccine (Rotarix) into its national
paediatric vaccination programme in May2012. Vaccine introduction was initiated …

Background Following the introduction of rotavirus vaccine into the routine immunization
schedule, the burden of rotavirus disease has significantly reduced in Zambia. Although …

Background In Zambia, before rotavirus vaccine introduction, the virus accounted for about
10 million episodes of diarrhoea, 63 000 hospitalisations and 15 000 deaths in 2015 …