Peter Aaby

Last updated
Peter Aaby
Born (1944-11-06) 6 November 1944 (age 80)
Lund, Sweden
Citizenship Danish
Alma mater University of Copenhagen
Known for Non-specific effects of vaccines
AwardsNovo Nordisk Prize (2000)
Scientific career
Fields Health, epidemiology
Institutions Bandim Health Project

Peter Aaby (born 1944) is trained as an anthropologist but also holds a 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.

Contents

Aaby is credited for the discovery of non-specific effects of vaccines – i.e. effects of vaccines, which go beyond the specific protective effects against the targeted diseases. [3] The theory of non-specific effects of vaccines was established in 1991 and later documented in several trials on measles vaccine, BCG, oral polio vaccine, DTP vaccine and smallpox vaccine. [4] As a consequence of Aaby's work on non-specific effects of vaccines it has been recommended the WHO vaccination program in low income countries should be changed. [5] In 2008, WHO 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]

In 2020, he was elected a member of the Academia Europaea. [7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Winkel, Klaus (2011). Danskere i tropisk Afrika : fra slavehandler til bistandsarbejder (1. udgave. ed.). Århus: Klim. ISBN   978-8779559271.
  2. ↑ "Background". Bandim Health Project. SSI. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  3. ↑ Prentice, AM; Savy, M; Darboe, MK; Moore, SE (April 2009). "Commentary: Challenging public health orthodoxies--prophesy or heresy?". International Journal of Epidemiology. 38 (2): 591–3. doi:10.1093/ije/dyn363. PMC   2663722 . PMID   19174540.
  4. ↑ Benn, CS; Netea, MG; Selin, LK; Aaby, P (September 2013). "A small jab - a big effect: nonspecific immunomodulation by vaccines". Trends in Immunology. 34 (9): 431–9. doi:10.1016/j.it.2013.04.004. PMID   23680130.
  5. ↑ Shann, F (February 2013). "Nonspecific effects of vaccines and the reduction of mortality in children". Clinical Therapeutics. 35 (2): 109–14. doi:10.1016/j.clinthera.2013.01.007. PMID   23375475.
  6. ↑ "Meeting of Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety, 18-19 June 2008". Wkly Epidemiol Rec. 83 (32): 287–92. Aug 2008. PMID   18689006.
  7. ↑ "Peter Aaby". Member. Academia Europaea. Retrieved 2024-11-10.


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.