Impact of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on the incidence of hospitalizations for all-cause pneumonia among children aged less than 5 years in Burkina Faso: an interrupted time-series analysis

Pneumococcal disease is characterized by diverse clinical manifestations, but the overall burden is dominated by pneumonia which accounted for 15% of all pediatric deaths in 2017 (World Health Organization, 2019). Furthermore, up to 81% of pneumonia deaths occur in the first two years of life and nearly all pneumonia deaths are recorded in low- and middle-income countries, with Sub-Saharan Africa bearing a great share of pneumonia burden (43% of global pneumonia deaths)(Walker et al., 2013). In 2016, pneumonia was the third most frequent cause of visit to hospital outpatient clinics in Burkina Faso, representing 5 ·4% of all visits (Ministère de la Santé (Burkina Faso), 2017).
Source: International Journal of Infectious Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Source Type: research