Using absolute risk reduction to guide the equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines

BMJ Evid Based Med. 2022 Dec;27(6):330-333. doi: 10.1136/bmjebm-2021-111789. Epub 2022 Mar 7.

Authors

Ella Fassler¹, Andrew Larkin¹, Kesavan Rajasekharan Nayar^{2

3}, Howard Waitzkin^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Allende Program in Social Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
² Global Institute of Public Health, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
³ Santhigiri Research Foundation, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
⁴ Allende Program in Social Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA waitzkin@unm.edu.
⁵ Locum Tenens Program, Health Sciences Center; and Department of Sociology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; evidence-based practice; global health; public health; vaccine-preventable diseases.

MeSH terms

COVID-19 Vaccines* / therapeutic use
COVID-19* / prevention & control
Humans
Numbers Needed To Treat

Substances

COVID-19 Vaccines