Pneumococcal disease and herpes zoster represents considerable health burden both in Australia and globally accounting for 25% and 7% of Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALY) of vaccine preventable disease burden. Between 1997 and 2016, pneumococcal disease resulted in 622 deaths and 2434 hospitalisations.
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