Enhancing community engagement in tuberculosis vaccine delivery among key populations: A qualitative study
This qualitative study investigated methods to enhance community engagement in TB vaccine delivery among Men Who Have Sex with Men.
Qualitative
Willingness to receive a future TB vaccine among pregnant women living in Brazil, Ghana, Kenya, and Pakistan
Our study assessed the willingness of pregnant women across four countries - Brazil, Ghana, Kenya, and Pakistan to receive a future TB vaccine.
Formative work to understand factors affecting future TB vaccines acceptance and readiness
This project aims to collect data to: 1) Assess health facility and health systems readiness for a new TB vaccine, and 2) Explore decision-making factors for new TB vaccine demand and acceptance
Acceptability and effect on public and cost-effectiveness impact
Understanding the acceptability of new TB vaccines, and their impact on health, cost-effectiveness, and budget, by socio-economic and risk group, in likely early adopter and other archetype countries.
ACEITar: Evaluation of the acceptability of new and repurposed tuberculosis vaccines in MozambiqueÂ
This is a mixed-methods study collecting information on willingness to receive a new TB vaccine among adolescents, their caretakers, and adults in Mozambique, a high TB burden country, to assess potential barriers to high uptake of new TB vaccines.
Potential implementation strategies, acceptability, and feasibility of new and repurposed TB vaccines
Our study provides crucial information for implementing novel TB vaccines in specific target groups and on country specific acceptability and feasibility. Key groups for vaccine implementation in these settings were identified, and should be included in clinical trials and implementation planning.
What do people want?
Investigate current TB prevention modalities vs vaccine. We lack understanding of preferences and trade offs people would be willing to make across a spectrum of issues related to study design, type of vaccines, how they are given, how often, where they are given, to whom, efficacy estimates and side effects etc.