Challenges and opportunities for meningococcal vaccination in the developing world.

Hum Vaccin Immunother

a Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, and Center for Infectious Diseases Research , American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut , Lebanon.

Published: May 2018

Meningococcal disease continues to be a life threatening infection with high morbidity and mortality even in appropriately treated patients. Meningococcal vaccination plays a major role in the control of the disease; however, implementing vaccination remains problematic in the developing world. The objective of this review is to identify the challenges facing the use of meningococcal vaccines in the developing world in order to discuss the opportunities and available solutions to improve immunization in these countries. Inadequate epidemiologic information necessary to implement vaccination and financial challenges predominate. Multiple measures are needed to achieve the successful implementation of meningococcal conjugate vaccination programs that protect against circulating serogroups in developing countries including enhanced surveillance systems, financial support and aid through grants, product development partnerships that are the end result of effective collaboration and communication between different interdependent stakeholders to develop affordable vaccines, and demonstration of the cost-effectiveness of new meningococcal vaccines.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5989893PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2018.1434463DOI Listing

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