According to research done by the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), RSV is a common cause of hospitalisation in children under 5 years of age, and even more so in those younger than 6 months. However, vaccines administered to pregnant mothers to protect babies were proven to be effective.
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Curbing vaccine hesitancy is as much a matter of acknowledging its social, historical, and cultural roots as it is of addressing its clinical dimensions.