Lecture

Vaccine Implementation

Graph Chat

Chat with Graph Search

Ask any question about EPFL courses, lectures, exercises, research, news, etc. or try the example questions below.

DISCLAIMER: The Graph Chatbot is not programmed to provide explicit or categorical answers to your questions. Rather, it transforms your questions into API requests that are distributed across the various IT services officially administered by EPFL. Its purpose is solely to collect and recommend relevant references to content that you can explore to help you answer your questions.

Description

This lecture covers the importance of Monitoring and Evaluation in vaccine implementation programs, including measuring progress, identifying problems, and guiding policies. It also discusses the Theory of Change for vaccination programs and the elements of the Logic Model for Monitoring and Evaluation.

Official source

Ontological neighbourhood

Health sciences

Infectious diseases: Topics in infectious diseases

Related concepts (32)

Vaccination schedule

A vaccination schedule is a series of vaccinations, including the timing of all doses, which may be either recommended or compulsory, depending on the country of residence. A vaccine is an antigenic preparation used to produce active immunity to a disease, in order to prevent or reduce the effects of infection by any natural or "wild" pathogen. Vaccines go through multiple phases of trials to ensure safety and effectiveness. Many vaccines require multiple doses for maximum effectiveness, either to produce sufficient initial immune response or to boost response that fades over time.

Vaccination policy

A vaccination policy is a health policy adopted in order to prevent the spread of infectious disease. These policies are generally put into place by State or local governments, but may also be set by private facilities, such as workplaces or schools. Many policies have been developed and implemented since vaccines were first made widely available. The main purpose of implementing a vaccination policy is complete eradication of a disease, as was done with smallpox. This, however, can be a difficult feat to accomplish or even confirm.

Vaccine

A vaccine is a biological preparation that provides active acquired immunity to a particular infectious or malignant disease. The safety and effectiveness of vaccines has been widely studied and verified.

Vaccine hesitancy

Vaccine hesitancy is a delay in acceptance, or refusal, of vaccines despite the availability of vaccine services and supporting evidence. The term covers refusals to vaccinate, delaying vaccines, accepting vaccines but remaining uncertain about their use, or using certain vaccines but not others. The scientific consensus that vaccines are generally safe and effective is overwhelming. Vaccine hesitancy often results in disease outbreaks and deaths from vaccine-preventable diseases.

Vaccination

Vaccination is the administration of a vaccine to help the immune system develop immunity from a disease. Vaccines contain a microorganism or virus in a weakened, live or killed state, or proteins or toxins from the organism. In stimulating the body's adaptive immunity, they help prevent sickness from an infectious disease. When a sufficiently large percentage of a population has been vaccinated, herd immunity results. Herd immunity protects those who may be immunocompromised and cannot get a vaccine because even a weakened version would harm them.

Related lectures (64)

Treatments and Vaccines MOOC: Introduction to immunology (part 2)

Discusses treatments, vaccines, and the importance of prevention against severe forms of Covid-19.

Ethical Issues in Vaccine Implementation

Explores key ethical issues in vaccine implementation and the importance of ethics in ensuring vaccine confidence.

Immunodominance: Antibody Responses and Vaccine Design

Explores immunodominance in antibody responses and vaccine design, emphasizing strategies to enhance immune responses through synthetic immunogens.

Design of Immunogenic Vaccines

Explores the design of immunogenic vaccines, boosting immune response through various methods, and addressing challenges in vaccine development.

Generalized Bayes Theorem: Vaccines and Population Probability