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Cost of a measles outbreak in a remote island economy: 2014 Federated States of Micronesia measles outbreak

Authored by:

Pike J, Tippins A, Nyaku M et al.

Full Citation:

Pike J, Tippins A, Nyaku M et al. 2017. Cost of a measles outbreak in a remote island economy: 2014 Federated States of Micronesia measles outbreak. Vaccine. 35(43).

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Additional key concepts from this publication:

Disease outbreaks significantly impact a country’s economy due to productivity losses and impact on the tourism, import and transportation industries.

Key Evidence: A measles outbreak in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) in 2014, causing nearly 400 confirmed cases, cost nearly US$4 million (around US$10,000 per case), 88% of which was for a mass vaccination campaign, outbreak investigations, and other containment costs. While the U.S. government covered 2/3 of the costs, the economic burden to FSM — in labor and other costs of containing the outbreak, the direct costs of illness, and productivity losses — were the equivalent of the country’s entire education budget for one year.