Creation of a Global Vaccine Risk Index

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dc.citation.articleNumbere0272784en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber8en_US
dc.citation.journalTitlePLOS ONEen_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber17en_US
dc.contributor.authorNuzhath, Tasmiahen_US
dc.contributor.authorHotez, Peter J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorDamania, Ashishen_US
dc.contributor.authorLiu, P. Shulingen_US
dc.contributor.authorColwell, Brianen_US
dc.contributor.orgJames A Baker III Institute of Public Policyen_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-29T15:06:33Zen_US
dc.date.available2022-09-29T15:06:33Zen_US
dc.date.issued2022en_US
dc.description.abstractThe World Health Organization has identified vaccine hesitancy as one of its top ten global health threats for 2019. Efforts are underway to define the factors responsible for reductions in vaccine confidence. However, as global measles cases accelerated beginning in 2018, it became evident that additional factors were promoting measles re-emergence, including war, political and socio-economic collapse, shifting poverty, and vulnerability to weather events and climate change. Accordingly, we propose a Global Vaccine Risk Index (VRI) to consider these variables as a more comprehensive means to identify vulnerable nations where we might expect measles and other vaccine-preventable diseases to emerge or re-emerge. In Sub-Saharan African and Middle Eastern nations, conflict and political instability predominated as the basis for high vaccine risk scores, whereas in Southeast Asian countries, the major reasons included climate variability, current levels of measles vaccination coverage, and economic and educational disparities. In Europe, low vaccine confidence and refugee movements predominated, while in the Americas, economic disparities and vaccine confidence were important. The VRI may serve as a useful indicator and predictor for international agencies committed to childhood immunizations and might find relevance for accelerating future COVID19 vaccination programs.en_US
dc.identifier.citationNuzhath, Tasmiah, Hotez, Peter J., Damania, Ashish, et al.. "Creation of a Global Vaccine Risk Index." <i>PLOS ONE,</i> 17, no. 8 (2022) Public Library of Science: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0272784.en_US
dc.identifier.digitaljournal-pone-0272784en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0272784en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/113443en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherPublic Library of Scienceen_US
dc.rightsThis is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_US
dc.titleCreation of a Global Vaccine Risk Indexen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
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