• Cancer Epidemiol. Biomarkers Prev. · Jan 2020

    Impact and Cost-Effectiveness of Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Campaigns.

    • Allison Portnoy, Nicole G Campos, Stephen Sy, Emily A Burger, Jamie Cohen, Catherine Regan, and Jane J Kim.
    • Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts. aportnoy@mail.harvard.edu.
    • Cancer Epidemiol. Biomarkers Prev. 2020 Jan 1; 29 (1): 22-30.

    BackgroundData to inform evidence-based policy of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine delivery strategies in low- and middle-income countries are limited. We examined the cost-effectiveness of campaign compared with routine delivery strategies of adolescent female HPV vaccination in Uganda.MethodsWe used a multiple modeling approach that captured HPV transmission, cervical carcinogenesis, and population demographics to project health and economic outcomes associated with HPV vaccination. Costs included vaccination and operational costs and cervical cancer costs over the lifetimes of the current female population in Uganda. Health outcomes included number of cervical cancer cases and disability-adjusted life years (DALY). Incremental cost-effectiveness ratios (i.e., cost per DALY averted) were calculated and compared against gross domestic product (GDP) per capita.ResultsCompared with routine HPV vaccination of 9-year-old girls at 70% coverage, campaign vaccination yielded greater health benefits if campaigns occurred frequently and targeted a wide age range. Campaign delivery strategies were both less costly and more effective than routine HPV vaccination. Campaign vaccination of 9- to 30-year-old girls/women at a 3-year frequency (40% coverage) was considered cost-effective compared with the GDP per capita threshold for Uganda ($674 in U.S. 2015 dollars).ConclusionsWe projected that campaign HPV vaccination would provide substantial population health benefits compared with routine vaccination. Expanding the target age range of campaign vaccination up to age 30 years may be an efficient strategy, depending on the achievable coverage level and campaign frequency.ImpactIn settings where routine health systems infrastructure may be limited, reaching adolescent populations with a campaign delivery strategy may be an efficient use of resources.©2019 American Association for Cancer Research.

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