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Pneumonia vaccination among children in refugee camps is cost-effective

In a study modeling the cost-effectiveness of vaccination campaigns in Somalia – the country with the second largest number of refugees in 2012 – the use of Hib vaccine, PCV10, or both Hib and PCV10 were all found to be cost effective means to prevent excess morbidity and mortality from pneumonia in young Somali children. Such a vaccination campaign could conservatively reduce pneumonia cases and deaths by nearly 20%.

Full Citation:
Gargano L.M., Hajjeh R., and Cookson S.T.. 2015. Pneumonia prevention during a humanitarian emergency: Cost-effectiveness of Haemophilus Influenzae Type B conjugate vaccine and pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in Somalia. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. 30(4).

Title of Article: Pneumonia prevention during a humanitarian emergency: Cost-effectiveness of Haemophilus Influenzae Type B conjugate vaccine and pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in Somalia

Author(s): Gargano L.M., Hajjeh R., and Cookson S.T.

Publication Year: 2015

Publication Name: Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Publication Volume: 30(4)

Publication Source URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26061190

DOI (Digital Object Identifier): 10.1017/S1049023X15004781