MPH’s Schaffner explains how unsafe delivery of the measles vaccine can kill
In a remote village in South Sudan, 15 children died from severe toxicity caused by contaminated measles vaccines, government health investigators said Thursday. The National Adverse Events Following Immunization Committee, supported by the World Health Organization, and UNICEF vaccine safety experts examined the cases and those of 32 other children who suffered fever, vomiting and diarrhea. Dr. William Schaffner, an infectious disease specialist and professor of preventive medicine at Vanderbilt University, explains how improper handling of the measles vaccine can lead to disastrous results.