Introduction to the course, objectives and expectations. A brief explanation of the current COVID-19 immunization landscape and leading COVID-19 vaccine candidates as of Fall 2020. Topics discussed will include:
Efficacy, safety, production capacity
Best case scenario
Worst case scenario
How can this course make a difference?
Learning objectives:
What parts of the health system are involved in vaccine procurement and administration?
How to make a health system stronger for vaccines?
Introducing demand and supply for vaccines and vaccination
Introducing the concepts of health economics and economic evaluation with respect to policy and decision-making process.
How to combine considerations of cost, safety, impact, equity
Priorities for different stakeholders
What influences vaccine hesitancy?
Communicating efficacy, safety, and reasons to vaccinate
Application to COVID-19 vaccine
Learning objectives:
To understand the Philipson effect or rather how acceptability of a vaccine is determined
To understand the difference between cost versus benefit
To understand there is no right answer in determining how to go about decision-making
To use simulations to better understand vaccine economics
Learning Objectives:
Steps involved in estimating the cost of new vaccine introduction
Describing interventions/services
Perspective and key assumptions
Sources of financing for COVID-19 Vaccines in 2021
Future financing for COVID-19 Vaccines beyond 2021