The potential effects of deploying SARS-Cov-2 vaccines on cold storage capacity and immunization workload in countries of the WHO African Region.

ABSTRACT:

Background

SARS-CoV-2 vaccines will be deployed to countries with limited immunization systems.

Methods

We assessed the effect of deploying SARS-Cov-2 vaccines on cold storage capacity and immunization workload in a simulated WHO African Region country using region-specific data on immunization, population, healthcare workers (HCWs), cold storage capacity (quartile values for national and subnational levels), and characteristics of an approved SARS-CoV-2 vaccine. We calculated monthly increases in vaccine doses, doses per vaccinator, and cold storage volumes for four-month SARS-CoV-2 vaccination campaigns targeting risk groups compared to routine immunization baselines.

Results

Administering SARS-CoV-2 vaccines to risk groups would increase total monthly doses by 27.0

SUBMITTER: Ortiz JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7894202 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature