PPT-Rotavirus: advocacy slides

These slides are intended to support your advocacy efforts Please incorporate those that may be useful to you in your presentations For questions please contact jenfarbergmmbcom Special thanks to the ROTA Councils Partners Johns Hopkins University PATH US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Bill amp Melinda Gates Foundation for their technical guidance and expertise in developing these slides . How Can it Help Us Achieve Our Goal?. . What is Advocacy? . The act of supporting . a cause, idea or policy and convincing the right people of its importance . and the need to act on it. An essential tool for changing practices and polices . How can . i. t . h. elp . u. s . a. chieve . o. ur . g. oal?. . What is . advocacy. ? . The act of supporting . a cause, idea or policy and convincing the right people of its importance . and the need to act on it. N . Engl. J Med 2011;365:1108-17. Vanessa Craven. Clinical Research Fellow. Image removed for copyright reasons. The Global Picture. D&V in < 5yrs . 111 million stay at home. 25 million clinic visits. 2. Global Impact of Gastroenteritis . www.who.int/vaccine_research/diseases/diarrhoeal/en/print.html. 3. FOODBORNE GASTROENTERITIS. www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/foodborneinfections_g.htm. Bacterial Agents. COMMON, SEVERE, DEVASTATING, PREVENTABLE. THE LATEST EVIDENCE & WHAT’S NEEDED TO STOP ILLNESSES AND DEATHS. Contents. Executive . s. ummary . [Slide 3. ]. Rotavirus: B. ackground. , illnesses and deaths . COMMON, SEVERE, DEVASTATING, PREVENTABLE. THE LATEST EVIDENCE & WHAT’S NEEDED TO STOP ILLNESSES AND DEATHS. ROTA COUNCIL RECOMMENDATIONS. 33. Despite the WHO recommendation that rotavirus vaccines be introduced into every country’s national immunization program, about . Organization of Technical Allies (ROTA) Council. Goal of the ROTA Council. To accelerate . the introduction of rotavirus . vaccines through . the use of evidence and strategic communications targeting policymakers and other key decisions makers . How can . i. t . h. elp . u. s . a. chieve . o. ur . g. oal?. . What is . advocacy. ? . The act of supporting . a cause, idea or policy and convincing the right people of its importance . and the need to act on it. a . Viral pathogen that is the leading cause of . severe diarrhea . in . children. . Rotavirus was discovered in 1973 by a team of scientists in Melbourne, Australia that were led by Dr. Ruth Bishop.. Article Jain, it Umesh D. Parashar I Roger I. Glass I and Maharaj K. Bhan 2 Gastroenteritis Section, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for 329 27b The disease Rotaviruses are ribonucleic acid (RNA) viruses that are contained within a protein capsule. Rotavirus strains are classified based on the outer layer proteins VP7 (G type) and VP Marie C. Hill. Programme Director – . BSc/Graduate Diploma/PgDip/. MScPrimary. . Care (Practice Nursing) and . Senior Lecturer (Practice Nursing. ). Senior Fellow Health Education Academy. School of Health Sciences. Parashar UD, Bresee JS, Gentsch JR, Glass RI. Rotavirus. Emerg Infect Dis. 1998;4(4):561-570. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid0404.980406. Goal of the ROTA Council. To accelerate . the introduction of rotavirus . vaccines through . the use of evidence and strategic communications targeting policymakers and other key decisions makers . Mathuram Santosham.