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Equity for health delivery: Opportunity costs and benefits among Community Health Workers in Rwanda

September 03, 2020

| Ellen Rafferty, Hellen Amuguni, Janna Schurer, Jean Muhire, Kelly Fowler, Olivia Rozanski, Ornella Masimbi

Community Health Workers (CHWs) play a vital role delivering health services to vulnerable populations in low resource settings. In Rwanda, CHWs provide village-level care focused on maternal/child health, control of infectious diseases, and health education, but do not receive salaries for these services. CHWs make up the largest single group involved in health delivery in the…

Seeking the optimal schedule for chickenpox vaccination in Canada: Using an agent-based model to explore the impact of dose timing, coverage and waning of immunity on disease outcomes

January 16, 2020

| Alexander Doroshenko, Ellen Rafferty, Nathaniel Osgood, Wade McDonald, Weichang Qian

Many countries continue to consider implementing a universal chickenpox vaccine program; however, there is no consensus on the most appropriate and effective timing between vaccine doses. The chickenpox vaccine schedule debate is highlighted in Canada, where there are currently eight different vaccine schedules across the country. The objective of this study was to test the overall…