Join PATH at the 15th IHEA World Congress on Health Economics
At the 15th International Health Economics Association (IHEA) World Congress, which will be held July 8-12 in Cape Town, South Africa, PATH will present findings from recent human papillomavirus (HPV), respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and malaria vaccine health economics projects and exchange learnings with peers and partners.
PATH is presenting at three types of sessions to share different facets of our health economics work:
- At an immunization-focused pre-congress session, PATH will share lessons learned from two PATH-led multi-country costing studies evaluating HPV and malaria vaccine delivery programs.
- During the main congress, results from an impact and cost-effectiveness analysis of potential interventions against infant RSV in low- and middle-income countries will be shared in an abstract-based oral presentation.
- In an organized session during the main congress, four individual presentations by the PATH team will highlight results from an HPV vaccine cost of delivery study conducted with local partners in Ethiopia, Guyana, Rwanda, Senegal, Sri Lanka, and Uganda. The study sought to address the limitations of existing HPV vaccine delivery costing studies by estimating the ongoing delivery costs in these six countries and exploring how program context and vaccine schedule can influence costs in routinized national-level HPV immunization programs.
The IHEA Congress is a global forum for health economists to engage around the latest methodological developments, present recent research findings, and explore the implications of this research for health policy and practice. The theme of IHEA 2023 is “Diversity in Health Economics.”
See below for a schedule of PATH’s presentations at the conference. (All times listed in South African Standard Time.)
Methods and practical experiences from multi-country immunization costing studies: Learning from HPV and RTS,S vaccine costing studies
Immunization Economics Special Interest Group Pre-Congress Session
July 9, 2023
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m
Presenters: Mercy Mvundura, Rose Slavkovsky, Ranju Baral
Impact and cost-effectiveness of potential interventions against infant respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in low- and middle-income countries
July 10, 2023
8:30 – 10:00 a.m
Room: Freesia
Presenter: Ranju Baral
How does program context and vaccination schedule influence costs in routinized national-level immunization programs? Key lessons from human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine delivery in six low- and middle-income countries
Session type: Organized sessions; 7-Field: Economic evaluation of health and care interventions
July 11, 2023
3:30 – 5:00 p.m
Room: 1.62
Presentations:
- Evaluating the Ongoing Costs of HPV Vaccine Delivery in Mature Programs: Evidence from Six Low- and Middle-Income Countries – Mercy Mvundura
- Evaluating the Costs for Alternative Immunization Service Delivery Strategies: Evidence from HPV Vaccine Delivery in Six Countries – Teddy Naddumba
- Evaluating the Potential Program Cost Savings with a Single-Dose HPV Vaccine Schedule – Rose Slavkovsky
- Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Immunization Service Delivery and Program Costs: Evidence from HPV Vaccine Delivery in Senegal – Frédéric Debellut