

ROTA Council
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@ROTACouncil
To save lives and improve health, fighting diarrheal disease. #ROTA provides evidence to scientific authorities on #rotavirus disease and vaccines.






#HappeningNow! The launch of the Rotavirus vaccine in Nigeria. Rotavirus is a highly contagious virus that causes severe diarrheal disease among infants and children. This vaccine will prevent diarrheal disease caused by the rotavirus. #ForEveryChild, good health!

The long awaited Rota Vaccine will now be available for children between the ages of 6,10 and 14 weeks in public hospitals across the country from August 22, 2022, free of charge.






In 2022, Nigeria remains the country with the greatest number of rotavirus deaths as proportion of all global #rotavirus deaths in children under 5. Learn more in our new briefs here #LongLifeForAll #WIW #WorldImmunizationWeek preventrotavirus.org/resources/rota…












