Global Health Leaders Gather Where It All Began: Australian Discovery in 1974 Launched Offensive Against Leading Killer of Children Beginning on September 7, 2016 in Melbourne the 12th International Rotavirus Symposium will bring together hundreds of stakeholders from over 50 countries to provide an update on new data and research that will inform public health agendas related to prevention of rotavirus gastroenteritis, the leading cause of severe diarrhea in children worldwide. Diarrheal diseases remain the second-leading cause of death from infections among children, despite the fact that proven, lifesaving interventions exist. The symposium will shed light on results of trials of new rotavirus vaccines being studied in developing countries, issues in vaccine policy and introduction, and early data on new and existing vaccine impact and safety from the perspective of more than 350 experts from over 57 countries. It has been a decade since the first vaccine was introduced against...
