Rotavirus: advocacy slides
These slides are intended to support your advocacy efforts.
Please incorporate those that may be useful to you in your
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Prevention and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for their
technical guidance and expertise in developing these slides.
Diarrhea
Diarrhea: global problem
 Diarrhea is a leading cause of death in children under age 5,
responsible for nearly 800,000 deaths1
 It’s common. More than 1.7 billion cases occur annually in children
under 51
 It can cause severe dehydration and lead to hospitalization or death1
 Diarrhea has lasting repercussions for children2
• Major contributing factor to malnutrition
• Leads to growth delays
• Children are 8.5 more times likely to die from any cause after an
episode
1WHO
Diarrheal Disease Factsheet 2013
Enteric Multicenter Study (GEMS), Kotloff, Lancet, May 2013
2Global
Diarrhea: a leading cause of child death
Neonatal diarrhea
Measles
1%
1%
AIDS Meningitis
2%
2%
Injury
5%
Malaria
7%
Neonatal
(excluding
diarrhea)
40%
Diarrhea
10%
Pneumonia
14%
Other
18%
Child Health Epidemiology Reference Group; Liu, Lancet, 2012
Diarrhea causes
10% of deaths in
children under 5
~800,000 child deaths
attributed to diarrhea
Diarrhea: devastating impact
Global Enteric Multicenter Study (GEMS), Kotloff, Lancet, May 2013
Diarrhea: causes are clear
 Rotavirus is 1 of 4 pathogens causing the majority of moderate-tosevere diarrhea in children under age 5
 Rotavirus is the #1 cause of diarrhea in infants (0-11 months)
GEMS, Kotloff, Lancet, May 2013
Diarrhea: hospitalizations in children
Rotavirus the leading cause of hospitalizations for diarrhea in children
Rotavirus causes
~40%
of all diarrhea
hospitalizations in
children under 5
Parashar, Emerging Infections Diseases, 2006
Parashar, EID, 2003
Rotavirus
Other
Rotavirus
Rotavirus: common and severe
 Most common cause of severe diarrhea among children1
 Highly contagious and resilient2
 Improvements in hygiene, sanitation and drinking water do not
adequately prevent rotavirus1
 Almost every child is infected by age 5, rich or poor, regardless of
where they live1
 Most infections occur in very young children1
1WHO
Rotavirus Position Paper, 2013
Rev Infect Dis, 1991
2Ansari,
Rotavirus: treatment and prevention
Without access to treatment for the severe dehydration it can
cause, rotavirus can be a death sentence
• Rotavirus cannot be treated with antibiotics or
other drugs
• Prompt treatment with oral rehydration therapy
(ORT) can be effective in treating mild infections
• Many of the world’s poorest children do not have
access to ORT, despite the fact that it is effective
and inexpensive
• Rotavirus prevention by vaccination is key to
improving child survival
1
Santosham, Lancet, 2010
ORT coverage
is only in
~30% of
places where
the most
diarrhea
deaths occur1
Rotavirus: deadly
Rotavirus is the leading cause of death due to diarrhea in young children
More than 1,200 children die each day
from rotavirus
Responsible for 5% of all deaths in
children under 5
95% of rotavirus deaths occur in
low-income countries
eligible for GAVI support
Tate, Lancet, 2011
Estimated global rotavirus deaths, 2008
Total deaths = 453,000
Rotavirus deaths: top 10 countries
India
98,621
Nigeria
41,057
Pakistan
39,144
DRC
32,653
Ethiopia
28,218
Afghanistan
Uganda
25,423
10,637
Indonesia
9,970
Bangladesh
9,857
Angola
8,788
WHO. Estimated rotavirus deaths for children under 5 years of age in 2008
Five countries (India,
Nigeria, the Democratic
Republic of the Congo,
Ethiopia and Pakistan)
accounted for more
than half of all rotavirus
deaths in children under
age five in 2008
14
Rotavirus: devastating burden
 Responsible for
millions of
hospitalizations and
clinic visits annually
 Accounts for
approximately 40% of
all diarrhea-related
hospitalizations
Parashar, Emerging Infections Diseases, 2006
Parashar, EID, 2003
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