Cost Evaluation of a Government-Conducted Oral Cholera Vaccination Campaign-Haiti, 2013.
Am J Trop Med Hyg
; 97(4_Suppl): 37-42, 2017 Oct.
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ABSTRACT
The devastating 2010 cholera epidemic in Haiti prompted the government to introduce oral cholera vaccine (OCV) in two high-risk areas of Haiti. We evaluated the direct costs associated with the government's first vaccine campaign implemented in August-September 2013. We analyzed data for major cost categories and assessed the efficiency of available campaign resources to vaccinate the target population. For a target population of 107,906 persons, campaign costs totaled $624,000 and 215,295 OCV doses were dispensed. The total vaccine and operational cost was $2.90 per dose; vaccine alone cost $1.85 per dose, vaccine delivery and administration $0.70 per dose, and vaccine storage and transport $0.35 per dose. Resources were greater than needed-our analyses suggested that approximately 2.5-6 times as many persons could have been vaccinated during this campaign without increasing the resources allocated for vaccine delivery and administration. These results can inform future OCV campaigns in Haiti.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Vacunas contra el Cólera
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Cólera
Tipo de estudio:
Health_economic_evaluation
Límite:
Humans
País/Región como asunto:
Caribe
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Haiti
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Am J Trop Med Hyg
Año:
2017
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Georgia