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The administering of a fraction of the standard yellow fever vaccine is effective and could help vaccinate millions of people during emergencies, a new study has shown.
The study led by the research arm of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontiéres’ (MSF), Epicentre, and published in The Lancet shows that fractioning doses of the yellow fever vaccine is effective and safe.
According to the study, giving a person one-fifth of the vaccine dose is safe and could prevent people from getting sick from the disease.
“These clinical trial results found that giving a person one-fifth of the standard yellow fever vaccine dose is effective and safe,” MSF said in a statement published on its website.
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WHO will change its guidelines to recommend using partial doses of the yellow fever vaccine during emergencies as a result of new clinical trial data.
Giving people a fraction of a yellow fever vaccine is effective and could help vaccinate millions more people during emergencies, according to results of a recent study led by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontiéres’ (MSF) research arm Epicentre, published in The Lancet.
These clinical trial results, which found that giving a person one-fifth of the standard yellow fever vaccine dose is effective and safe, will make it easier for governments and international organizations to prevent people from getting sick from yellow fever during outbreaks in times of vaccine shortage.
Fractioning doses of yellow fever vaccine can help save more lives
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An MSF/Epicentre study has found giving one-fifth of a normal dose of yellow fever vaccine provides protection.
The disease can be deadly and is incurable, claiming 300,000 lives each year; outbreaks in Africa are common.
The study findings will allow for more people to be vaccinated – and lives saved – during sudden outbreaks of the disease.
NEW YORK/PARIS - Giving people a fraction of a yellow fever vaccine is effective and could help vaccinate millions more people during emergencies, according to results of a recent study led by Médecins Sans Frontiéres’ (MSF) research arm Epicentre, published in The Lancet. These clinical trial results, which found that giving a person one-fifth of the standard yellow fever vaccine dose is effective and safe, will make it easier for governments and international organisations to prevent people from getting sick from yellow fever during outbreaks in times of vac