Estimating Influenza Illnesses Averted by Year-Round and Seasonal Campaign Vaccination for Young Children, Kenya
Radhika Gharpure, Young M. Yoo, Ben Andagalu, Stefano Tempia, Sergio Loayza, Chiedza Machingaidze, Bryan O. Nyawanda, Jeanette Dawa, Eric Osoro, Rose Jalang’o, Kathryn E. Lafond, Melissa A. Rolfes, and Gideon O. Emukule
Author affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (R. Gharpure, Y.M. Yoo, B. Andagalu, K.E. Lafond, M.A. Rolfes, G.O. Emukule); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nairobi, Kenya (B. Andagalu, G.O. Emukule); World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland (S. Tempia, C. Machingaidze, M.A. Rolfes); Pan American Health Organization, Washington, DC, USA (S. Loayza); Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya (B.O. Nyawanda); Washington State University Global Health Kenya, Nairobi (J. Dawa, E. Osoro); Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA (E. Osoro); Ministry of Health, Nairobi (R. Jalang’o)
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Figure. Modeled influenza hospitalizations and vaccine coverage among children 6–23 months of age in Kenya, by delivery strategy. Red line indicates no. monthly hospitalizations, corresponding to the left y-axis. Light blue bars represent percentage vaccine coverage for the seasonal-campaign strategy and dark blue bars the year-round strategy, corresponding to the right y-axis. Hospitalization curves are identical for both the introduction year (months 1–12) and postintroduction year (months 13–24). A) April introduction of vaccination. B) October introduction of vaccination.
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