Asia-Pacific Pneumococcal Disease Control in the Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Era

肺炎是全世界儿童死亡的最常见原因之一。PCV是一种预防肺炎的疫苗，但价格昂贵；并导致疫苗中没有的菌株引起的疾病增加。我们的CRE将解决两个悬而未决的问题：何时从3剂改为2剂PCV计划以使其更负担得起；并对非疫苗菌株对亚太地区低收入和中等收入国家疾病的影响产生新的认识。

Pneumonia is one of the commonest causes of childhood death worldwide. PCV is a vaccine that prevents pneumonia but it is costly; and causes an increase in disease from strains which are not in the vaccine. Our CRE will address 2 outstanding issues: when to switch from a 3 to 2 dose PCV schedule to make it more affordable; and create new understanding of the non-vaccine strains’ impact on disease in low- and middle-income countries in the Asia-Pacific region.