Open AccessMeasuring the Performance of Vaccination Programs Using Cross-Sectional Surveys: A Likelihood Framework and Retrospective Analysis
Author(s) -
Justin Lessler,
C. Jessica E. Metcalf,
Rebecca F. Grais,
Francisco J. Luquero,
Derek A. T. Cummings,
Bryan T. Grenfell
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
plos medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.847
H-Index - 228
eISSN - 1549-1676
pISSN - 1549-1277
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001110
Subject(s) - sierra leone , vaccination , measles , population , medicine , demography , measles vaccine , inefficiency , environmental health , socioeconomics , immunology , microeconomics , sociology , economics
Justin Lessler and colleagues describe a method that estimates the fraction of a population accessible to vaccination activities, and they apply it to measles vaccination in three African countries: Ghana, Madagascar, and Sierra Leone.
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