Climate change, increasing population densities, and intensified globalisation in trade, travel and migration are among the most important factors shaping the 21st century. Each impacts upon population health and the risk of infectious disease, particularly those originating at the...

Since 2006, two oral live vaccines (RV1 and RV5) have been available in the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) for prevention of rotavirus-induced gastroenteritis (RVGE). The main objective of rotavirus vaccination in organised national immunisation programmes is to provide...