Prioritizing COVID-19 vaccine allocation in resource poor settings: Towards an Artificial Intelligence-enabled and Geospatial-assisted decision support framework.
Soheil ShayeghJavier Andreu-PerezCaroline AkothXavier Bosch-CapblanchShouro DasguptaGiacomo FalchettaSimon GregsonAhmed T HammadMark HerringerFestus KapkeaAlvaro LabellaLuca LisciottoLuis MartínezPeter M MachariaPaulina Morales-RuizNjeri MurageVittoria OffedduAndy SouthAleksandra TorbicaFilippo TrentiniAlessia MelegaroPublished in: PloS one (2023)
We showcase the performance of the 3Vs strategy by comparing it to the actual vaccination rollout in Kenya. We show that under the current strategy, socially vulnerable individuals comprise only 45% of all vaccinated people in Kenya while if the 3Vs strategy was implemented, this group would be the first to receive vaccines.