Estimating the effect of measles vaccination on child growth using 191 DHS from 65 low- and middle-income countries.

CONCLUSIONS: Measles vaccination substantially reduces stunting and underweight among children in low- and middle-income countries. Increasing measles coverage from the current low to near-universal levels would provide a large boost to child growth and the attainment of the SDGs.
PMID: 31300290 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Vaccine - July 8, 2019 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Bogler L, Jantos N, Bärnighausen T, Vollmer S Tags: Vaccine Source Type: research