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  • Epidemiology and Public Health
  • Mathematical Modeling
  • Vaccine Science

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  • COVID-19 pandemic highlighted vaccine shortages due to production, demand, and resource constraints.
  • Effective immunization programs are crucial for disease control, especially during supply limitations.
  • Optimizing vaccine distribution is essential to mitigate the impact of shortages.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review and analyze modeling methods for optimizing vaccine allocation strategies.
  • To address the challenge of distributing vaccines with differential efficacies under shortage conditions.
  • To provide a foundation for policy development in disease control during vaccine scarcity.

Main Methods:

  • Systematic review of scientifically informed epidemic models.
  • Analysis of models utilizing various outcome measures for vaccine allocation.
  • Focus on models designed to handle vaccines with varying efficacy rates.

Main Results:

  • Identified and categorized diverse modeling approaches for vaccine allocation optimization.
  • Highlighted the utility of model-based outcome measures in decision-making.
  • Demonstrated the potential of these models to guide policy under vaccine shortage scenarios.

Conclusions:

  • Epidemic modeling is a critical tool for managing vaccine shortages and optimizing distribution.
  • Models can effectively guide strategies for allocating vaccines with differential efficacies.
  • The reviewed models offer a framework for future policy development in public health emergencies.