Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics
The Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics works to improve methods for infectious disease modeling and statistical analysis, quantify disease and intervention impact, engage with policymakers to enhance decision-making, and train the next generation of scientists.
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Week 4: Control Interventions: Vaccination
This week’s materials provide a general introduction to the control of infectious diseases through vaccination. We will begin by going through the history of inoculation and the development of vaccines. We will see how vaccines work and learn about the importance of vaccination in reducing infectious disease burden globally. We will then incorporate vaccination into the SIR modeling framework, and we will use this framework to highlight some of the important considerations for vaccination programs.
This week of instruction was provided by Dr. Ayesha Mahmud.