A webinar officially launching the VERSE Equity Toolkit took place on Wednesday 25th May 2022.
To identify what issues impair vaccine coverage, researchers traditionally look for an association with just one variable – wealth, for example – instead of examining the host of factors in play. Typical equity metrics may not appropriately account for the compounding effect of geographic and sociodemographic factors on immunization outcomes, such as, in the case of pediatric immunization, where a household is located, the sex of a child being vaccinated, and maternal education level. The VERSE Equity Toolkit compares the level of vaccine coverage against the level of equity and quantifies the influence of key sociodemographic factors to inequity.
During the webinar, the VERSE team will introduce and demonstrate the use of the VERSE Equity Toolkit to reveal and track multidimensional inequity. Dr. Elizabeth Ekirapa Kiracho and Mr. Anthony Ssebagereka from Makerere University will discuss their work using the VERSE Equity Toolkit to support vaccine monitoring and evaluation work at the ministry of health of Uganda. The toolkit is available in open access.
Speakers
Dr. Bryan Patenaude, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Dr. Elizabeth Ekirapa Kiracho, Makerere University School of Public Health
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