Can BCG Vaccination at First Health-facility Contact Reduce Early Infant Mortality?

"Intradermal injection at first health facility contact: 0.05 ml dose Mycobacterium bovis BCG live attenuated vaccine in the left deltoid region.~The strain supplied by the national vaccination programme is provided through UNICEF. Different strains are used interchangeably. The additional BCG vaccines provided through this study will be procured by the Bandim Health Project. Vaccines will be from the WHO list of prequalified vaccines and the same strain will be used in intervention and control health centres."