3.4.2  Storage and effectiveness of Rotarix^TM

Rotarix^TM is a freeze-sensitive vaccine that must be stored in the refrigerator at a temperature of between +2^oC to +8^oC. It is a very safe vaccine, which provides 90–100% protection from severe rotavirus disease to fully immunized infants, and 74–85% protection against rotavirus diarrhoea of any severity.

You will receive instructions on the contraindications for giving rotavirus vaccine, and the management of possible adverse events following immunization, when Rotarix^TM is introduced into the EPI in Ethiopia.