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Reduced vaccination and the risk of measles and other childhood infections post-Ebola

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Takahashi S, Metcalf JE, Ferrari MJ et al.

Full Citation:

Takahashi S, Metcalf JE, Ferrari MJ et al. 2015. Reduced vaccination and the risk of measles and other childhood infections post-Ebola. Science. 347(6227).

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Additional key concepts from this publication:

Vaccines can alleviate the disruptions to health systems and health services caused by disease outbreaks.

Key Evidence: A 2015 study projected that the crippling of immunization programs resulting from the 2014 Ebola epidemic in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone could double the number of people at risk of a measles outbreak, and could cause up to 16,000 measles deaths, surpassing the number of deaths caused by Ebola itself.