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. 2011 Jul 1;204(Suppl 1):S107–S115. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jir131

Table 1.

Parameters for Cost and Epidemiological Model

Parameter Value Source
Average cost per child vaccinated prior to scale-up via routine services, $ 1.00 ± 0.20 [6]
SIA cost per child, $ 0.58 EPI Uganda
SIA frequency Every 3 years EPI Uganda
SIA vaccination coverage rate, % 95 Assumptiona
Routine MCV coverage rate, % 68 [17]
Age at routine MCV, months 9–12 EPI Uganda
Age at SIA vaccination, months 12–59 EPI Uganda
Monthly force of infection parameters Analysis of Uganda district case reports 2002–2008
    Jan 0.00006392 ± 20%
    Feb 0.00007325 ± 20%
    Mar 0.0000809 ± 20%
    Apr 0.0000857 ± 20%
    May 0.00007162 ± 20%
    Jun 0.00010455 ± 20%
    Jul 0.00007821 ± 20%
    Aug 0.0000761 ± 20%
    Sep 0.00007831 ± 20%
    Oct 0.00008567 ± 20%
    Nov 0.00007201 ± 20%
    Dec 0.00008348 ± 20%
Initial proportion vaccinated among adults, children, and toddlers 0.59–0.77 WHO coverage database
Initial measles case fatality rate [10]
    Infant 0.06
    Toddler 0.03
    Child 0.015
    Adult 0.015
Life expectancy, years [9]
    Infant 54.8
    Toddler 52.8
    Child 47.9
    Fertile adult 31.4
    Postfertile adult 20
Fraction of population in satellite compartment, % 25 [2]
Initial population size, millions [3]
    Infant 1.29
    Toddler 4.12
    Child 8.49
    Fertile adult 11.60
    Postfertile adult 10.49

NOTE. EPI, Expanded Program on Immunization; MCV, measles-containing vaccine; SIA, supplemental immunization activity; WHO, World Health Organization.

a

EPI Uganda reports 100% coverage.