National Immunization Campaigns with Oral Polio Vaccine Reduce All-Cause Mortality: A Natural Experiment within Seven Randomized Trials

National Immunization Campaigns with Oral Polio Vaccine Reduce All-Cause Mortality: A Natural Experiment within Seven Randomized Trials

BackgroundA recent WHO review concluded that live BCG and measles vaccine (MV) may have beneficial non-specific effects (NSEs) reducing mortality from non-targeted diseases. NSEs of oral polio vaccine (OPV) were not examined. If OPV vaccination campaigns reduce the mortality rate, it would suggest b...

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Main Authors: Andreas Andersen, Ane Baerent Fisker, Amabelia Rodrigues, Cesario Martins, Henrik Ravn, Najaaraq Lund, Sofie Biering-Sørensen, Christine Stabell Benn, Peter Aaby
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
Subjects:
campaigns
child mortality
MDG4
oral polio vaccine
non-specific effects of vaccines
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpubh.2018.00013/full

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