Potential Benefits of Drones for Vaccine Last-Mile Delivery in Nepal by Vongasemjit, Ornipha, Lembcke Berninzon, Adriana

“…The objective of this study is to review the vaccine last-mile distribution to find a cost-efficient solution using a combination of modes of transportation to improve vaccine availability. …”
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Multi-state Discrete-time Markov Chain SVIRS Model on the Spread of COVID-19 by Zuhairoh, Faihatuz, Rosadi, Dedi, Effendie, Adhitya Ronnie

“…The main contribution of this research is the use of the DTMC assumption, which is a stochastic model in determining the parameters of the differential equation formed by the compartment model and adding the vaccinated state in the model. The vaccinated cases in this article used the proportion of the efficacy of each vaccine used by several susceptible individuals, which, according to WHO recommendations, should be given in two doses. …”
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Reason for optimism by Doshi, Peter

“…The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) claims that the single best way to prevent seasonal flu is to get vaccinated each year.1 Such confidence in influenza vaccines seems misplaced for two reasons. …”
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Development and Application of an Immunization Network Design Optimization Model for UNICEF by Hashimoto, Yuto, Ribeiro Carretti, Henrique

“…Therefore, the objective of this project is to build an optimization model for vaccine network design that aims to maximize the access to immunization and incorporates the endogenous demand function. …”
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