Journal article
Global yellow fever vaccination coverage from 1970 to 2016: an adjusted retrospective analysis
FM Shearer, CL Moyes, DM Pigott, OJ Brady, F Marinho, A Deshpande, J Longbottom, AJ Browne, MUG Kraemer, KM O'Reilly, J Hombach, S Yactayo, VEM de Araújo, AA da Nóbrega, JF Mosser, JD Stanaway, SS Lim, SI Hay, N Golding, RC Reiner
Lancet Infectious Diseases | ELSEVIER SCI LTD | Published : 2017
Abstract
Background Substantial outbreaks of yellow fever in Angola and Brazil in the past 2 years, combined with global shortages in vaccine stockpiles, highlight a pressing need to assess present control strategies. The aims of this study were to estimate global yellow fever vaccination coverage from 1970 through to 2016 at high spatial resolution and to calculate the number of individuals still requiring vaccination to reach population coverage thresholds for outbreak prevention. Methods For this adjusted retrospective analysis, we compiled data from a range of sources (eg, WHO reports and health-service-provider registeries) reporting on yellow fever vaccination activities between May 1, 1939, an..
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Awarded by National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Funding Acknowledgements
The Rhodes Trust, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Wellcome Trust, the National Library of Medicine of the National Institutes of Health, the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme.