Vaccination against measles and polio protects children from dying from other diseases

Description

Data from the childhood vaccination programme in Guinea-Bissau show that vaccination against measles and polio protects children from dying from other diseases. A researcher says that we should probably not be too hasty in stopping polio vaccination in childhood vaccination programmes globally.

Subject

Child mortality, non-specific effects of vaccines, randomized trials, measles vaccine, oral polio vaccine, immunization campaigns