This course will help you:
- In assessing whether the introduction of pneumococcal vaccine into the immunization program is cost-effective and feasible;
- In designing and implementing a vaccine introduction plan when the evidence supports the introduction;
- In monitoring the implementation and evaluating the impact after introducing the vaccine.
- Know basic concepts regarding pneumococcal epidemiology, transmission, and distribution;
- Identify those groups most susceptible to pneumococcal disease;
- Recognize the importance of pneumococcal disease as a public health problem;
- Understand pneumococcal disease burden and how it varies between developing and developed countries;
- Distinguish characteristics of specific pneumococcal disease syndromes.
- Describe practical methods for collecting surveillance data;
- Understand how surveillance data guide decisions related to pneumococcal vaccine introduction;
- Learn how to use surveillance data to estimate disease burden.
- Recognize the main types of pneumococcal vaccines;
- Understand the ways in which the PCV-7 vaccine prevents pneumococcal infections;
- Estimate the potential impact of pneumococcal vaccine introduction in your country.
- Evaluate data to choose the most appropriate vaccine;
- Determine financing options;
- Assess the capacity needs of the health system;
- Recognize procurement and regulatory needs;
- Support advocacy and communication activities.
- Understand the different methods for evaluating the economics of health interventions, such as introducing a new vaccine;
- Understand how to use a cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) to measure the costs and benefits of introducing a rotavirus vaccine;
- Identify the main drivers of CEA for a rotavirus vaccine;
- Conduct a cost analysis for introducing a rotavirus vaccine.
- Define the rationale for advocacy on rotavirus vaccines;
- Prepare tools for spreading advocacy messages;
- Identify different audiences for outreach;
- Plan for crisis communications.
- Monitor the reach of the rotavirus immunization program through recording immunization coverage;
- Evaluate the impact of the rotavirus immunization program through monitoring disease incidence.
- Recognize priorities and strategic interventions criteria for public action on SDH;
- Recognize the importance of primary health care and the participation of civil society in public policies oriented to health equity and social justice in health care, and their interrelation with the SDH agenda;
- Recognize past experiences and practical action opportunities in the different contexts of countries and regions.
- to gain a more critical and deeper insight into the context in which you work;
- to build a comprehensive and problem-based vision of SDH, identifying their potential for the design of public policies;
- to gain a critical and reflective view to help you identify new ways of overcoming recurring problems.
