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9 December 2014
BCG vaccination is recommended at birth in low-income countries, but vaccination is often delayed. Often 20-dose vials of BCG are not opened unless at least ten children are present for vaccination (“restricted vial-opening policy”). BCG ...
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9 December 2014
Yet, few studies have examined what happens after hospital discharge. In Guinea-Bissau we found that the post-perinatal infant mortality rate of twins was double that of singletons. No excess in twin hospitalisations was observed, possibly implying o...
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9 December 2014
WHO recommends utilizing vaccination contacts to deliver high-dose vitamin A supplementation to children aged 6-59 months. The effect of this policy on overall child mortality has not been assessed. We found no overall benefit of this policy in a ran...
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9 December 2014
Recognised for his persistent work in Guinea-Bisssau
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12 November 2014
Nonspecific effects of neonatal and infant vaccination: public-health, immunological and conceptual challenges
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6 November 2014
Congratulation to Peter Aaby
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3 October 2014
Congratulation to Najaaraq Lund, who won a 3rd prize for her presentation at the 8th World Congress of Perinatal Medicine in Developing Countries.
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4 August 2014
Fisker AB, Hornshøj L, Rodrigues A, Balde I, Fernandes M, Benn CS, Aaby P. Effects of the introduction of new vaccines in Guinea-Bissau on vaccine coverage, vaccine timeliness, and child survival: an observational study (Lancet Global Health, ...
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26 May 2014
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26 May 2014
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14 April 2014
24-30 April is World Immunization Week 2014.
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11 April 2014
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31 March 2014
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5 March 2014
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27 February 2014
New research results by CVIVA and Bandim Health Project showing that MMR-vaccine has beneficial non-specific effects besides protecting against measles, mumps and rubella have been published by JAMA.
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24 February 2014
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20 February 2014
The bestselling crime novel by Sissel-Jo Gazan "Svalens Graf", which is strongly inspired by research at the Bandim Health Project, has won the Danish Readers' Book Award 2014.
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14 February 2014
In the end of January 2014 the BHP concluded installation of the three solar-fridges donated by private Danish donors. This equipment will allow Belem Health Center and the Maternity wards at Hospital Simao Mendes and Hospital Militar in Bissau ...
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24 January 2014
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21 January 2014
Bandim Health Project has been nominated as one of the three candidates to receive the surplus generated from November 2013 to January 2014 at the café “Sweet Surrender”.
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20 January 2014
The bestselling novel "Svalens Graf", which is strongly inspired by the research at the Bandim Health Project, has been nominated for the Danish Readers' Book Award 2014.
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14 January 2014