Emory researchers win $1.5M grant to study global immunization programs

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Written by Harrison Cook | October 30, 2018 | Print  |

Researchers at Atlanta-based Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health received a two-year, $1.5 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to focus on immunization programs in low-income countries.

Matthew Freeman, PhD, and Robert Bednarczyk, PhD, will partner with researchers fromto assess how Nepal, Senegal, India and others rapidly increased and sustained vaccination rates. The interdisciplinary team will include experts from various fields, including science, epidemiology and political science. Researchers aim to provide actionable plans and guidance to prompt vaccination improvements to better protect vulnerable populations in the U.S.

"We want to understand why countries and districts were able to catalyze progress and generate momentum in performance improvements that resulted in significant coverage growth," Dr. Freeman said in a press release. "We also want to look at how they implemented specific interventions and/or what they did that enabled successful outcomes."

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