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Review
. 2023 Aug 25;15(1):12.
doi: 10.1186/s41479-023-00114-8.

A brief history of and future prospects for pneumococcal vaccination in Malaysia

Alex J J Lister  1 , Evelin Dombay  1 , David W Cleary  2   3 , Lokman H Sulaiman  4   5 , Stuart C Clarke  6   7   8   9   10
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Review

A brief history of and future prospects for pneumococcal vaccination in Malaysia

Alex J J Lister et al. Pneumonia (Nathan). .

Abstract

Pneumococcal pneumonia remains a significant global public health issue. Malaysia has recently added the 10 valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine to its national immunisation programme. Data on pneumococcal serotype epidemiology is vital for informing national vaccination policy. However, there remains a lack of representative population-based pneumococcal surveillance in Malaysia to help both the assessment of vaccine effectiveness in the country and to shape future vaccine policy. This review explores the history of pneumococcal vaccination, the burden of pneumococcal disease in Malaysia, and offers an insight into the prospects for reducing pneumococcal disease in Malaysia.

Keywords: Malaysia; Pneumococcal disease; Pneumococcal vaccination; Pneumonia; Vaccination policy.

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Conflict of interest statement

SCC acts as principal investigator on studies conducted on behalf of University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Southampton that are sponsored by vaccine manufacturers but receives no personal payments. SCC has received financial assistance from vaccine manufacturers to attend conferences. SCC has participated in advisory boards for vaccine manufacturers but receives no personal payments. DWC was a post-doctoral researcher on projects funded by Pfizer and GSK between April 2014 and 20th October 2017. LHS was formerly the Deputy Director-General of Health (Public Health), Ministry of Health Malaysia between 2011 and 2017. LHS is the Principal Investigator for two on-going projects on pneumococcal infection among children in Malaysia funded by MSD on which SCC and DWC are co-investigators. AL and ED are researchers on projects funded by Pfizer inc.

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Pneumonia deaths as a percentage of total causes of death 2016–2021 in adults and infants. Adult deaths have remained relatively constant at just over 10%, whereas infant deaths have remained around 3%. Data from Department of Statistics Malaysia [21]
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