ROTAVIRUS LOW-COST VACCINATION
ROTAVIRUS LOW-COST VA CCINATION Rotavirus, killer germ of children worldwide takes the life of about four lakhs children every year. The prevention of this deadly disease is though administration of a vaccine, which until today has been at prohibitive cost making it unavailable for poor and underdeveloped nations, catalyzed by DBT, the Rotavac vaccine developed through public–private partnership is available at a fraction of the cost making it possible for universal access. Rotavirus is a double-stranded RNA virus. It belongs to Reoviridae family. The mode of transmission of this virus is fecal. The damage it causes to the neonates is the destruction of intestinal cell. The diseases are basically gastrointestinal infection and stomach flu. PAIN TAKEN BY PAST SCHOLARS TO COME TO THE PRESENT ACHIEVEMENTS Globally rotavirus kills four and half lakh infants every year. In India itself one lakh children die per year with diarrhoea and dehydration. In India , Rotavac (trade