May 2022

News from IVAC - May 2022

Webinar: Official Launch of the VERSE Equity Toolkit for Multidimensional Equity Assessments

Watch Here When: May 25, 2022 Description: 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 […]

May 2022

Measuring equity in vaccination coverage beyond socioeconomic status: Launch of the VERSE Equity Toolkit

Originally published on ImmunizationEconomics.org (April 27, 2022) Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have developed a new standardized toolkit to assess equity in vaccine coverage. 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. The toolkit is accompanied by a […]