MORBIDITY AND MORTALITIES BY ROTAVIRUS: REVIEW FOR STRATEGIC MEASURES

Despite, the improved healthcare system, diarrhea is considered as leading cause of child morbidity and mortality. Young children under age of 5 years have more propensity to be affected by water-borne infections particularly diarrhea, according to an estimation over 200,000 mortality of children oc...

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Autores principales:	Husnain Hamid, Naila Tabassam, Tooba Mehboob, Rabia Aslam, Irfan Bashir, Khlaid Idrees Khan
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Publicado:	Army Medical College Rawalpindi 2019
Materias:	barriers coverage diarrhea morbidity mortality rotavirus infection Medicine R Medicine (General) R5-920
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:4958ec9ef0b548bbb1e4236894176bca2021-11-11T03:02:29ZMORBIDITY AND MORTALITIES BY ROTAVIRUS: REVIEW FOR STRATEGIC MEASURES0030-96482411-8842https://doaj.org/article/4958ec9ef0b548bbb1e4236894176bca2019-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.pafmj.org/index.php/PAFMJ/article/view/3432/2404https://doaj.org/toc/0030-9648https://doaj.org/toc/2411-8842Despite, the improved healthcare system, diarrhea is considered as leading cause of child morbidity and mortality. Young children under age of 5 years have more propensity to be affected by water-borne infections particularly diarrhea, according to an estimation over 200,000 mortality of children occur annually by preventable diseases due to poor hygienic conditions, lack of sanitary facilities and contaminated water. Rotavirus is the main causative agent for inducing diarrheal hospitalization. Since 2006, vaccines for rotavirus has introduced by WHO and recommended for countries to make the part of their national immunization program. Generally, 2 licensed vaccines are used internationally and these have high effectiveness. Many other vaccines are still in developing phase. Though, some others pre-qualified vaccines are used in developing countries. Yet, coverage for rotavirus vaccination is not reached to satisfactory level. Except the efforts, certain barriers exist for vaccination including high cost of vaccine, limited perception and knowledge of families and health priorities. To overcome these barriers, there is need of distinguished role of community health workers and pharmacists.Husnain HamidNaila TabassamTooba MehboobRabia AslamIrfan BashirKhlaid Idrees KhanArmy Medical College Rawalpindiarticlebarrierscoveragediarrheamorbiditymortalityrotavirus infectionMedicineRMedicine (General)R5-920ENPakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, Vol 69, Iss 5, Pp 1149-1153 (2019)
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spellingShingle	barriers coverage diarrhea morbidity mortality rotavirus infection Medicine R Medicine (General) R5-920 Husnain Hamid Naila Tabassam Tooba Mehboob Rabia Aslam Irfan Bashir Khlaid Idrees Khan MORBIDITY AND MORTALITIES BY ROTAVIRUS: REVIEW FOR STRATEGIC MEASURES
description	Despite, the improved healthcare system, diarrhea is considered as leading cause of child morbidity and mortality. Young children under age of 5 years have more propensity to be affected by water-borne infections particularly diarrhea, according to an estimation over 200,000 mortality of children occur annually by preventable diseases due to poor hygienic conditions, lack of sanitary facilities and contaminated water. Rotavirus is the main causative agent for inducing diarrheal hospitalization. Since 2006, vaccines for rotavirus has introduced by WHO and recommended for countries to make the part of their national immunization program. Generally, 2 licensed vaccines are used internationally and these have high effectiveness. Many other vaccines are still in developing phase. Though, some others pre-qualified vaccines are used in developing countries. Yet, coverage for rotavirus vaccination is not reached to satisfactory level. Except the efforts, certain barriers exist for vaccination including high cost of vaccine, limited perception and knowledge of families and health priorities. To overcome these barriers, there is need of distinguished role of community health workers and pharmacists.
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author	Husnain Hamid Naila Tabassam Tooba Mehboob Rabia Aslam Irfan Bashir Khlaid Idrees Khan
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title	MORBIDITY AND MORTALITIES BY ROTAVIRUS: REVIEW FOR STRATEGIC MEASURES
title_short	MORBIDITY AND MORTALITIES BY ROTAVIRUS: REVIEW FOR STRATEGIC MEASURES
title_full	MORBIDITY AND MORTALITIES BY ROTAVIRUS: REVIEW FOR STRATEGIC MEASURES
title_fullStr	MORBIDITY AND MORTALITIES BY ROTAVIRUS: REVIEW FOR STRATEGIC MEASURES
title_full_unstemmed	MORBIDITY AND MORTALITIES BY ROTAVIRUS: REVIEW FOR STRATEGIC MEASURES
title_sort	morbidity and mortalities by rotavirus: review for strategic measures
publisher	Army Medical College Rawalpindi
publishDate	2019
url	https://doaj.org/article/4958ec9ef0b548bbb1e4236894176bca
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MORBIDITY AND MORTALITIES BY ROTAVIRUS: REVIEW FOR STRATEGIC MEASURES

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