In Kenya, a decade of rotavirus vaccination translates to a drop in childhood mortality

Not only are fewer children being hospitalised with severe diarrhoea, but the vaccine’s evident impact is boosting confidence in immunisation generally, experts say. 4 August 2025 by Joseph Maina Kihoto, a densely packed settlement hugging the banks of Lake Naivasha in Kenya’s Rift Valley, has become a living argument for rotavirus vaccination. Here, in this…