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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University of Melbourne Researchers

Grants

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.