Achieving coordinated national immunity and cholera elimination in Haiti through vaccination: a modelling study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cholera was introduced into Haiti in 2010. Since then, more than 820 000 cases and nearly 10 000 deaths have been reported. Oral cholera vaccine (OCV) is safe and effective, but has not been seen as a primary tool for cholera elimination due to a limited period of protection and constrained supplies. Regionally, epidemic cholera is contained to the island of Hispaniola, and the lowest numbers of cases since the epidemic began were reported in 2019. Hence, Haiti may represent a unique opportunity to eliminate cholera with OCV.

Methods

In this modelling study, we assessed the probability of elimination, time to elimination, and percentage of cases averted with OCV campaign scenarios in Haiti through simulations from four modelling teams. For a 10-year period from Ja

SUBMITTER: Lee EC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7738665 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature