University of Maryland, Baltimore

to support the 10th iteration of a biannual symposium for dissemination of information on rotavirus disease and epidemiology, clinical developments and rotavirus vaccine introduction in Africa, continuing to enable rotavirus scientists, clinicians, policy-­‐makers and health officials to share impact data, strain diversity updates, best practices for disease surveillance and post-licensure surveillance, and other relevant learnings across organizations and countries, and to continue the momentum for rotavirus vaccine introduction in Africa