The Burden of Invasive Vaccine-Preventable Diseases in Adults in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region.

ABSTRACT: Implementing vaccination programmes at the national level is key to managing vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs) in the overall population. Although paediatric immunization programmes have significantly reduced the burden of VPD, disease burden in adults still poses a substantial challenge, particularly in low- and middle-income countries such as those within the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Invasive bacterial diseases (IBDs) are an important public health concern within this region, although vaccines are available to prevent the three most common causative organisms associated with IBD: Neisseria meningitidis (NM), Streptococcus pneumoniae (SP), and Haemophilus influenzae (HI). For this review, three separate PubMed searches were used to identify English-language publicatio

SUBMITTER: Bizri AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7983355 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature