Journal article

Reduced all-cause child mortality after general measles vaccination campaign in rural Guinea-Bissau

Amabelia Rodrigues, Ane B. Fisker, Cesario Martins, Christine S. Benn, Henrik Ravn, Line Storgaard, Manuel Fernandes, Marie Pedersen, Peter Aaby, Sanne Thysen, Stine Byberg

Randomised trials have shown that measles vaccine (MV) prevents non-measles deaths. MV-campaigns are conducted to eliminate measles infection.The overall mortality effect of MV-campaigns has not been studied. This study seeks to do just that. It concludes that mortality levels were stable during 2004 and 2005 but a significant drop occurred after the 2006 MV-campaign and was not explained by prevention of measles deaths. If MV-campaigns reduce non-measles related mortality the policies for measles vaccination should take this into account.

Authors

Languages

  • English

Publication year

2015

Journal

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal:

Volume

Ahead of Print

Type

Journal article

Categories

  • Service delivery

Diseases

  • Measles

Countries

  • Guinea Bissau

Tags

  • Campaign
  • Health promotion

WHO Regions

  • African Region

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PubMED URL

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26379164/

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