In 2017, a team of selected MUHTA faculty members and student conducted a systematic review on health economic and disease modelling studies related to all preventive measures for rabies, under a project of the World Health Organization - Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE). Such undertaking was part of WHO SAGE’s overarching initiative to review WHO’s policy on rabies vaccines and immunoglobulins in view of new scientific evidence, aiming to improve programmatic feasibility and clinical practice in the control of rabies especially among endemic countries. In response to this, the study aimed to assess the quantity and appraise the quality of the individual rabies models from previous published studies that might provide the overview of current models and useful information on the effectiveness of the control strategies.
The project was successfully undertaken which generated two manuscripts and were published in December 2018 in Vaccine journal.
- T. Anothaisintawee, A. Julienne Genuino, M. Thavorncharoensap et al., Cost-effectiveness modelling studies of all preventive measures against rabies: A systematic review, Vaccine, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.11.071
- W. Rattanavipapong, M. Thavorncharoensap, S. Youngkong et al., The impact of transmission dynamics of rabies control: Systematic review, Vaccine, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.11.035
