How enlightened self-interest guided global vaccine sharing benefits all: A modeling study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite consensus that vaccines play an important role in combatting the global spread of infectious diseases, vaccine inequity is still a prevalent issue due to a deep-seated mentality of self-priority. We aimed to evaluate the existence and possible outcomes of a more equitable global vaccine distribution and explore a concrete incentive mechanism that promotes vaccine equity.

Methods

We designed a metapopulation epidemiological model that simultaneously considers global vaccine distribution and human mobility, which we then calibrated by the number of infections and real-world vaccination records during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic from March 2020 to July 2021. We explored the possibility of the enlightened self-interest incentive mechanism,

SUBMITTER: Han Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10731134 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature