Bandim Health Project

This study tested whether changing the national vaccine policy in Guinea-Bissau to give measles shots to all children up to 3 years old (instead of stopping at 12 months) could lower death rates. About 3,500 children aged 9-35 months who had not yet received the measles vaccine t…

This study tested whether giving babies an extra measles vaccine at 4 months old, in addition to the standard shot at 9 months, could lower their risk of dying before age 3. Researchers enrolled over 3,700 children in rural Burkina Faso and Guinea-Bissau. The goal was to see if e…

This study tested whether giving babies an extra measles vaccine at 4 months old, in addition to the usual shot at 9 months, could lower their risk of dying before age 3. Over 4,500 children in Burkina Faso and Guinea-Bissau took part. Researchers wanted to see if early vaccinati…

This study tested whether giving the oral polio vaccine (OPV) to adults over 50 could lower their risk of getting sick or dying from COVID-19 and other infections. Researchers in Guinea-Bissau gave OPV to some people and no vaccine to others, then tracked health for 6 months. The…