Dhaka, Oct. 17 -- FE ONLINE REPORT

Experts from leading health institutions said on Friday emphasised introduction of an updated pneumococcal vaccine to ensure better protection and improved health outcomes for Bangladeshi children.

They said that at a icddr,b roundtable discussion on introducing higher-valency pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) in Bangladesh.

The dialogue focused on optimising vaccine-induced protection against circulating pneumococcal serotype and addressing the emerging challenge of serotype replacement.

The session followed a pneumococcal surveillance study jointly conducted by icddr,b and the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR), with support from the US Centers for Disease Control ...