Pneumonia: Rethinking vaccine strategies to save lives
12
November
2024
Output type
Video
Location
Somaliland
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Communicable diseases

This video explains the need to administer vaccines to prevent against pneumococcal disease in humanitarian settings. It highlights the key findings from a study which considered the most effective and cost-effective pneumococcal vaccination strategies to reduce the disease burden in humanitarian settings.
A single dose campaign administered to at least 80% of children under the age of five may prevent up to a third of severe pneumococcal disease for up to two years following vaccination. The impacts are even greater when all children under the age of 15 are vaccinated.
Find out more by watching the video. It is also available in French and Arabic.
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