Vaccine reduces pneumonia cases sharply in past 6 years - ReportA report has revealed a sharp decline in pneumonia cases in Kenya for the past six years since the introduction of the pneumonia vaccine. The introduction of the vaccine, it is noted, reduced cases of pneumonia by 92 per cent in children below five years. The jab also led to a 27 per cent reduction in childhood hospital admissions with clinically-defined pneumonia and a 48 per cent reduction in childhood hospital admissions with radiologically confirmed pneumonia. A 74 per cent decline in the incidence of pneumonia was also observed among individuals aged 5–14 years. The introduction of vaccine has also seen cases on those aged 15 and above reduce by 81 per cent.

Source: Standard Digital October 22, 2019 05:26 UTC