Africa: Cheap, Heat-Proof Rotavirus Vaccine 'Game Changer' for African Children

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Dakar -Rotavirus is the leading cause of severe diarrhoea and kills an estimated 1,300 children a day, mostly in Africa An inexpensive, heat-proof vaccine could mark a turning point in expanding resistance to the diarrhoea-causing rotavirus infection across sub-Saharan Africa, medical aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres said.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - Category: African Health Source Type: news