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Vaccinating your child against pneumococcus is the best way of preventing the disease.

STREPTOCOCCUS pneumoniae is no longer an unknown entity. It is more commonly known as pneumococcus, and it is known to cause various diseases, including pneumonia, bacteraemia, otitis media, and the dreaded meningitis.

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