ILEP organisations should strive for high BCG coverage in communities at risk of leprosy

The central thesis of this paper is that the EPI policy of a BCG vaccination at birth or in the first year of life provides proven partial protection against leprosy and that ILEP organisations should actively encourage government health services to maintain a high coverage. A literature review iden...

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Published inLeprosy review Vol. 78; no. 2; pp. 88 - 101
Main Authors VELEMA, Johan P, OGBEIWI, Osahon I
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Colchester LEPRA 01.06.2007
British Leprosy Relief Association
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