The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation has set up a sub-group to consider the benefits of introducing a rotavirus vaccine into the childhood immunisation schedule.
Rotavirus gastroenteritis is highly contagious and one of the most common causes of diarrhoea and vomiting in children under five. But it can be largely prevented with a vaccine.
The Nappy Study, a two-year joint research project by the Royal College of General Practitioners and the Health Protection Agency, presented at a parliamentary briefing last month, looked at the impact of diarrhoea and vomiting for children and their families and for the NHS, as well as considering ways to reduce the spread of infection.
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