Researchers all over the world are collecting surveillance data that will elucidate the role S. pneumoniae plays in causing disease around the globe.
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PneumoADIP Research & Surveillance Report  This 100 page comprehensive report provides information about GAVI’s PneumoADIP, its pneumococcal surveillance and research activities, and WHO country health indicators. It also contains surveillance data from PneumoADIP sponsored pneumococcal surveillance projects. |
Surveillance and Research in Africa
Surveillance
The Network for Surveillance of Pneumococcal Disease in the East Africa Region is a pneumococcal and Hib disease surveillance network operating in seven countries in East Africa. It works in conjunction with the WHO/AFRO Pediatric Bacterial Meningitis Network in many surveillance sites.
NetSPEAR's primary goal is to provide a focal point within East Africa for sharing and compiling data on S. pneumoniae and H. influenzae that is already being collected. It will also expand the region's capacity for effective, routine surveillance by developing clinical case definitions that precipitate sample collection and laboratory procedures that result in bacterial isolation.
Once samples are collected and analyzed, the network will disseminate findings to regional network partners, including surveillance sites, Ministries of Health, multilateral organizations, and donors supporting vaccination. The data will also be used to extrapolate regional estimates of pneumococcal disease burden.
For more information, visit netSPEAR's website at www.netspear.org and read the netSPEAR newsletter.
Small Grants Projects
Burkina Faso and Togo
Capacity Building and Operational Research on Bacterial Meningitis due to Streptococcus Pneumoniae in the Bobo-Dioulasso Region and the Proportion of Bacteremic Pneumococcal Disease among People Hospitalized with Pneumonia in Burkina Faso (Association pour l’Aide a la Médecine Préventive)
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Prevalence of Invasive Cerebrospinal Disease, Resistance Profiles, and Serotype Distributions of Pediatric Infections due to Streptococcus Pneumoniae in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa School of Public Health and UCLA)
Ghana
Invasive Infections of S. pneumoniae in Ghanaian Children: the Burden and Control with Conjugate Vaccines (University of Ghana Medical School, Accra, Ghana)
Kenya
Long-term Survival and Disability in Children who Survived Pneumococcal Meningitis Treated in a District Hospital in Kenya (Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kilifi District Hospital)
Presenting the Case for Improved Childhood Vaccination in Kenya (Kenya Pediatric Association)
Mali
Outcome of Invasive S. pneumoniae Disease among 0- to 35-month-old Children Receiving Outpatient Healthcare at a Pediatric Referral Hospital in Bamako, Mali (Centre pour le Developpement des Vaccins-Mali)
Mozambique
Surveillance of Bacterial Meningitis among Children under 15 Years of Age Hospitalized in the Manhiça Hospital, Mozambique (Manhiça Hospital)
Nigeria
Serotypes and Antibiotic Sensitivities of Invasive S. pneumoniae in Ile-Ife, Osun State (Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex)
A Study of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease among Children in Ibadan City, Nigeria (University of Ibadan/University College Hospital)
South Africa
Differences in Blood Culturing Practices in Rural and Urban Areas of South Africa (National Institute for Communicable Diseases, National Laboratory Service)
Tanzania
The Serotype Distribution of Carriage and Invasive Pneumococcal Isolates from Children in Northern Tanzania (Kilimanjaro Christian Medical College, Tumaini University, Royal Free & University College Medical School)