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Measles in Samoa
Samoan measles crisis is diverting resources from non-communicable diseases
BMJ 2020; 368 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m5 (Published 07 January 2020) Cite this as: BMJ 2020;368:m5
- Adam Craig, lecturer in global health,
- Heather Worth, professor of global health
- School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales (Sydney), Kensington, NSW 2052, Australia
- adam.craig{at}unsw.edu.au
The Samoan government’s decision to suspend the national immunisation programme after two paediatric deaths (later found to be due to medical negligence),12 led to a sharp decline in measles vaccine coverage among infants in 2018 (40% and 28% for first and …
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