Pneumococcal Disease

Health Experts Call on Global Leaders to Ensure Access to Life-Saving Pneumococcal Vaccines

Published in Vaccine Weekly, June 25th, 2008

Nearly 1,000 of the world's leading experts in infectious diseases and vaccines are meeting during the 6th International Symposium on Pneumococci and Pneumococcal Diseases (ISPPD-6) this week to call for renewed and urgent action by governments to protect their citizens against pneumococcal disease, a leading killer of children and adults worldwide.

A bacterial infection that causes pneumonia, meningitis, sepsis and other life-threatening ailments, pneumococcal disease kills 1.6 million people -- including more than 800,000 children under age five -- each year. Estimates indicate that if implemented globally, pneumococcal vaccines could save the lives of 5.5 million by...

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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-06-25)

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