Estimating the Global and Regional Burden of Streptococcus pneumoniae Meningitis in Children: Protocol for a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Jay J Park   ^{1, 2} ;   Jakov Tiefenbach   ^{2, 3} ;   Mohammed Ma'arij Anwar   ^{1, 4} ;   Sandhya Narayanan   ^{2, 5} ;   Beatrice Ope   ⁶ ;   Selene Seo Bin Han   ² ;   Boni Maxime Ale   ^{2, 7} ;   Davies Adeloye   ⁸ ;   Igor Rudan   ^{1, 2, 9}

¹ Edinburgh Medical School, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

² Edinburgh Global Health Interest Group, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

³ Neurological Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, United States

⁴ Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

⁵ Barnardo’s, Barkingside, United Kingdom

⁶ Association for Reproductive and Family Health, Abuja, Nigeria

⁷ Holo Healthcare Limited, Nairobi, Kenya

⁸ School of Health and Life Sciences, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, United Kingdom

⁹ Centre of Global Health, Edinburgh Medical School, Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom