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[Department of Public Health BK Institute]Special Lecture by Invited Scholar

Oct 28, 2021

Topic: "Disruptions to childhood immunisation during the COVID-19 pandemic: health impact modelling and economic perspectives"

Lecturer: Professor Kaja Abbas of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Date: October 28th, 2021, 1PM

Participation: Online Zoom: https://snu-ac-kr.zoom.us/j/86035196345?pwd=RU1iZmZBbmF2SWkzMFg5emhNT1B3QT09 (Meeting ID: 860 3519 6345)

Inquiries: inukhwang87@snu.ac.kr

*Free of Charge

 

Abstract:

National immunisation programmes globally have been disrupted due to the severe health system constraints caused by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the public health and social measures to mitigate the outbreak. I will present health impact modelling studies and economic perspectives on disruptions to routine childhood immunisation and vaccination campaigns.

 

Presenter bio:

Kaja Abbas is an Assistant Professor of Disease Modelling at LSHTM. His research area is vaccine impact modelling with a focus on estimating the health, economic, and equity impact of vaccination programmes. His profile is accessible at https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/aboutus/people/abbas.kaja