Africa: Emergency Vaccine Response Has Cut Infectious Disease Deaths By Nearly 60 Percent Since 2000

[GAVI] Geneva -- Researchers at Burnet Institute, in collaboration with Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, have provided the world's first ever look at the historical impact of emergency vaccination efforts on public health and global health security, with a comprehensive study of 210 outbreaks of five infectious diseases - cholera, Ebola, measles, meningitis and yellow fever - in 49 lower-income countries between 2000 and 2023.Analysis based on the study published this week in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) Global Health