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Adverse events reduce public trust in safety of MMR vaccine in Brazil.
2004 MAY 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Vaccine-related adverse events reduced public trust in the safety and efficacy of the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine in Brazil.
According to recent research published in the journal Health Policy, "Vaccination is unquestionably a very important tool for disease control. However, vaccines can cause adverse events that may damage the public trust. In recent experience in Brazil, the implementation of mass campaigns with MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine was associated with outbreaks of vaccine adverse events.
"The decision-making process regarding the continuation of the use of this vaccine proceeded in the context of uncertainties, fears, and contradictions between information from the scientific literature and data generated by a post-licensure monitoring," said Sergio C. Cunha at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in England and Ines Dourado at the Universidade Federal da Bahia in Brazil. "This experience showed how important is to have a critical ...
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