COVID-19 Vaccine Indicators

Published on February 15, 2021

Vital Strategies propose six vaccine indicators to supplement previously recommended 15 essential indicators to control COVID-19, and highlight best practices among state COVID-19 vaccine dashboards.

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Challenges in ensuring global access to COVID-19 vaccines: production, affordability, allocation, and deployment

February 15, 2021
Having licensed vaccines is not enough to achieve global control of COVID-19: they also need to be produced at scale, priced affordably, allocated globally so that they are available where needed, and widely deployed in local communities. In this Health Policy paper, they review potential challenges to success in each of these dimensions and discuss policy implications. The Lancet

Combined Epidemiologic and Entomologic Survey to Detect Urban Malaria Transmission, Guinea, 2018

February 16, 2021
Malaria incidence is generally lower in cities than rural areas. However, reported urban malaria incidence may not accurately reflect the level of ongoing transmission, which has potentially large implications for prevention efforts. To guide mosquito net distribution, researchers assessed the extent of malaria transmission in Conakry, Guinea, in 2018. They found evidence of active malaria transmi