Effectiveness of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines against invasive pneumococcal disease among children under five years of age in Africa: A systematic review.
James Samwel NgochoBest MagomaGaudencia Alois OlomiMichael Johnson MahandeSia Emmanueli MsuyaMarien Isaäk de JongeBlandina Theophil MmbagaPublished in: PloS one (2019)
Following the introduction of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, a significant decline was observed in invasive pneumococcal disease caused by vaccine serotypes. However, data on the effectiveness in this region remain scarce, meriting continued surveillance to assess the effectiveness of pneumococcal vaccination to improve protection against invasive pneumococcal disease.