Héctor D Hugo, Jack Michel, Christian Antón, Washington R Alemán, Carlos Cueva, Carlos Bort, Francisco Andino, Omoyeme Edaki, Prakriti S Shrestha, Laura Rodó, Angela Ishak, Jonathan Quinonez, Upasana Maskey, Saleha Ozair, Jinal Choudhari, Sujan Poudel, Vikash Jaiswal, Zachary Au, Usman Siddiqui, Krunal Pandav, Farah Chohan, Manoel H Cunha, Marcelo Fioroni, Luiz A Franzese, Javier Reaño, Alfonso J Rodriguez-Morales
Purpose of Review: In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a remarkably accelerated development of vaccines worldwide. However, an effective distribution system is crucial for vaccination at a national level. Ecuador was one of the first Latin American countries to be most severely affected by the pandemic. It has been struggling to expand its vaccination drive and requires a strategy that provides an achievable vaccination rate and maintains its primary care services. This study aims to provide an efficient vaccination model to achieve herd immunity by utilizing the country's existing infrastructure (the centralized electoral system) for mass vaccination...
April 5, 2022: Current Tropical Medicine Reports