Consensus recommendation for India and Bangladesh for the use of pneumococcal vaccine in mass gatherings with special reference to Hajj pilgrims

Dilip Mathai¹, Abul Khair Mohammad Shamsuzzaman², Ahrar Ahmed Feroz³, Amin R Virani⁴, Ashfaq Hasan⁵, KL Ravi Kumar⁶, Khalid Ansari⁷, Khandaker ATM Forhad Hossain⁸, Mahesh Marda⁹, MA Wahab Zubair¹⁰, Mohammed Mukarram Ali¹¹, N Ashraf¹², Riyaz Basha¹³, Shaeq Mirza¹⁴, Shafeeq Ahmed¹⁵, Shamim Akhtar¹⁶, Syed Mustafa Ashraf¹¹, Zahirul Haque^17
1 Apollo Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Apollo Health City Campus, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
² Directorate General of Health Services, Mohakhali, Bangladesh, India
³ Care Hospital, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
⁴ Prince Aly Khan Hospital, Mazagaon, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
⁵ Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Deccan College of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
⁶ Department of Microbiology, Central Research Laboratory, Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences Hospital, Bengaluru, India
⁷ Kalsekar Hospital, Thane, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
⁸ CDC, Directorate General of Health Services, Dhaka, Bangladesh, India
⁹ Premier Hospital, Mehdipatnam, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
¹⁰ Princess Durru Shehvar Children and General Hospital, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
¹¹ New Life Hospital, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
¹² Khadija National Hospital, New Delhi, India
¹³ Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bengaluru, India
¹⁴ Olive Hospital, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
¹⁵ Haj Committee of India, Haj House, CST, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
¹⁶ Department of Respiratory Medicine, St. Stephens Hospital, New Delhi, India
¹⁷ HAQE Medical Center, New Delhi, India

Correspondence Address:
Dr. Dilip Mathai
Apollo Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Apollo Health City Campus, Hyderabad, Telangana
India

Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None

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DOI: 10.4103/0974-777X.193749