[International health at home: bringing the experiences back home with you].
International Health research conducted under extreme conditions in low-income countries may lead to a better understanding of epidemics in high-income countries, by questioning assumptions which are important in these countries. Examples are given of how observations in Guinea-Bissau have led to reinterpretation of the decline in measles mortality, of the polio model, and of the impact of stopping vaccinations after eradication in the industrialised countries.
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Statens Serum Institut, Bandim Health Project, Center for Epidemiologisk Grundforskning, København S. psb@mail.gtelecom.gw
D002648:Child; D046688:Child Mortality; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000266:history; D019049:Developed Countries; D003906:Developing Countries; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000266:history / Q000517:prevention & control; D014943:Global Health; D006169:Guinea-Bissau; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007226:Infant Mortality; D014611:Vaccination / Q000266:history; D014765:Viral Vaccines / Q000266:history / Q000600:supply & distribution
D014765:Viral Vaccines