Pneumo Slide Set

First Edition (January 2008)

Chapter 1: What is the Pneumococcus?

• Bacteriology
• The biological relevance of pneumococcal serotypes
• The progression of pneumococcal disease
• Disease transmission
• Clinical syndromes
• Risk factors

Chapter 2: Diagnosis Treatment & Prevention

• Methods of diagnosis
• Treatment
• The rise of antibiotic resistance
• Challenges to the effective treatment of pneumococcal disease
• The Cost of Illness
• Prevention of pneumococcal disease

Chapter 3: Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines

• Immune response to Pneumococcus
• Types of pneumococcal vaccines
• Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) safety
• PCV immunogenicity
• PCV efficacy
• PCV impact
• Potential impact of PCV in low-income countries

Chapter 4: Preventing Pneumonia & Pneumococcal Disease: The Way Forward

• Time lag for vaccines reaching the developing world
• About the GAVI Alliance and PneumoADIP
• Pneumococcal vaccine is an effective live-saving intervention
• Vaccine supply and demand
• Demand for pneumococcal vaccine
• Funding for pneumococcal vaccine
• Procuring pneumococcal vaccine
• The way forward

Special thanks to the technical reviewers who contributed to the development of this slide set:
Dr. Steven Black
Dr. Thomas Cherian
Dr. Adam Finn
Ms. Linda Glennie
Dr. Adenike Grange
Dr. Sheldon Kaplanv
Dr. Keith P. Klugman
Dr. Samir Saha
Ms. Denise Vaughan

Editors:
Meenakshi Ramakrishnan MD, MPH
Michelle Moncrieffe Foreman MA

If you have any comments or feedback about the contents of this the pneumococcal disease slide set, please email: pneuadip@jhsph.edu.