Dr Alicia Chang hosts Part One of our special series on pneumococcal disease, the global burden on pediatric populations, disparities between high-resource and low-resource settings, and vaccination efforts.

She is joined by two experts in the field: Dr. Phan Huu Phuc, Attending Physician at the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Vietnam National Children’s Hospital, and Dr Vana Spoulou, Professor of Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Head of Research at the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens.

They cover:

• Global Burden of Pneumococcal Disease
• Geographical differences 
• High-income and low-income settings
• Challenges in vaccine access
• Serotype Replacement and New Vaccines

Part Two of the series will answer pediatricians' most frequently asked questions about pneumococcal disease.

This episode is supported by an Educational Grant from Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc.

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