Peter Aaby
Peter Aaby | |
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Born | |
Citizenship | Danish |
Alma mater | University of Copenhagen |
Known for | Non-specific effects of vaccines |
Awards | Novo Nordisk Prize (2000) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Health, epidemiology |
Institutions | Bandim Health Project |
Peter Aaby (
doctoral degree in medicine.[1] In 1978, Peter Aaby established the Bandim Health Project, a Health and Demographic Surveillance System site in Guinea-Bissau in West Africa, which he has run ever since.[2] In 2000, Peter Aaby was awarded the Novo Nordisk Prize, the most important Danish award within health research
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Aaby is credited for the discovery of
WHO recently reviewed the evidence for non-specific effects of BCG vaccine, measles vaccine and DTP vaccine, and concluded that it would "keep a watch on the evidence of nonspecific effects of vaccination".[6]
See also
References
- ISBN 978-8779559271.
- ^ "Background". Bandim Health Project. SSI. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
- PMID 19174540.
- PMID 23680130.
- PMID 23375475.
- PMID 18689006.
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