Review Article Strong Public Health Recommendations from Weak Evidence? Lessons Learned in Developing Guidance on the Public Health Management of Meningococcal Disease
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1Consultant Epidemiologist (Independent), 1081 Brussels, Belgium 2Department of Vaccinology, University of Antwerp, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium 3Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, 0403 Oslo, Norway 4National Institute of Public Health-National Institute of Hygiene, 400-791 Warsaw, Poland 5Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Immunization Unit, Robert Koch Institute, 13086 Berlin, Germany 6Meningococcal Reference Laboratory, Austrian Agency for Food and Health Safety, 8010 Graz, Austria 7Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Programme, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, 171 83 Stockholm, Sweden 8School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 2BN, UK 9Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, UK
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Strong Public Health Recommendations from Weak Evidence? Lessons Learned in Developing Guidance on the Public Health Management of Meningococcal Disease
The evidence underpinning public health policy is often of low quality, leading to inconsistencies in recommended interventions. One example is the divergence in national policies across Europe for managing contacts of invasive meningococcal disease. Aiming to develop consistent guidance at the European level, a group of experts reviewed the literature and formulated recommendations. The group ...
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