Vaccines against 10 diseases prevented 37 million deaths in low- and middle-income countries in the last 20 years
Vaccines against 10 diseases prevented 37 million deaths in low- and middle-income countries in the last 20 years
29 January 2021
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
https://lshtm.ac.uk/themes/custom/lshtm/images/lshtm-logo-black.png
Share
Vaccine programmes in low- and middle-income countries have prevented 37 million deaths in the last 20 years alone – 36 million of which would have been in children aged under-five, according to new research published today in
The research is the most comprehensive study of the impact of vaccination programmes ever. It was conducted by the Vaccine Impact Modelling Consortium (VIMC) – a multinational collaboration of 16 research groups, including experts from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM).