Global control of infectious diseases by vaccination programs -- Potential impact of rotavirus vaccination on the mortality of children in developing countries -- Controversially discussed indications for immunization -- Gonorrheal ophthalmia neonatorum: Historic impact of Credé’s eye prophylaxis -- Malnutrition and infection in industrialized countries -- Better education through improved health and nutrition: implications for early childhood development programs in developing countries -- Early childhood caries and childhood periodontal diseases -- Role of the blood-brain barrier and blood-CSF barrier in the pathogenesis of bacterial meningitis -- The molecular basis of paediatric malarial disease -- Epidemiology and etiology of Kawasaki disease -- Helicobacter pylori infection in children -- Human metapneumovirus infection -- Avian influenza viruses: a severe threat of a pandemic in children? -- Human papillomavirus infections in children -- New treatments for hepatitis B and C in children and adolescents -- Invasive fungal infections in children: advances and perspectives -- Pediatric aspects of bioterrorism -- Pediatric infectious diseases — Quo vadis 2015?.