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Yvonne Tam
Researcher at Johns Hopkins University
Publications - 21
Citations - 1854
Yvonne Tam is an academic researcher from Johns Hopkins University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Child mortality & Vaccination. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 20 publications receiving 1251 citations.
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Early estimates of the indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on maternal and child mortality in low-income and middle-income countries: a modelling study.
Timothy Roberton,Emily D Carter,Victoria B Chou,Angela Stegmuller,Bianca D Jackson,Yvonne Tam,Talata Sawadogo-Lewis,Neff Walker +7 more
TL;DR: If routine health care is disrupted and access to food is decreased (as a result of unavoidable shocks, health system collapse, or intentional choices made in responding to the pandemic), the increase in child and maternal deaths will be devastating.
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Overview of the Lives Saved Tool ( LiST )
TL;DR: An overview of the historical development and current status of the Lives Saved Tool (LiST) is provided and the work that has been done to try to validate the outputs of the model is reviewed.
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The estimated mortality impact of vaccinations forecast to be administered during 2011-2020 in 73 countries supported by the GAVI Alliance.
Lisa A. Lee,Lauren Franzel,Jessica E. Atwell,S. Deblina Datta,Ingrid K. Friberg,Sue J. Goldie,Susan E. Reef,Nina Schwalbe,Emily Simons,Peter M. Strebel,Steven Sweet,Chutima Suraratdecha,Yvonne Tam,Emilia Vynnycky,Neff Walker,Damian G. Walker,Peter M Hansen +16 more
TL;DR: Vaccination of persons during 2011-2020 in 73 GAVI-eligible countries is expected to have substantial public health impact, particularly in Africa and Southeast Asia, two regions with high mortality.
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Estimating the health impact of vaccination against ten pathogens in 98 low-income and middle-income countries from 2000 to 2030: a modelling study.
Xiang Li,Christinah Mukandavire,Zulma M. Cucunubá,Susy Echeverria Londono,Kaja Abbas,Hannah E. Clapham,Mark Jit,Hope L. Johnson,T. Papadopoulos,Emilia Vynnycky,Marc Brisson,Emily D Carter,Andrew Clark,Margaret J. de Villiers,Kirsten Eilertson,Matthew J. Ferrari,Ivane Gamkrelidze,Katy A. M. Gaythorpe,Nicholas C. Grassly,Timothy B. Hallett,Wes Hinsley,Michael L. Jackson,Kévin Jean,Andromachi Karachaliou,Petra Klepac,Justin Lessler,Xi Li,Sean M. Moore,Shevanthi Nayagam,Duy M. H. Nguyen,Homie Razavi,Devin Razavi-Shearer,Stephen C Resch,Colin Sanderson,Steven Sweet,Stephen Sy,Yvonne Tam,Hira Tanvir,Quan Minh Tran,Caroline Trotter,Shaun A. Truelove,Kevin van Zandvoort,Stéphane Verguet,Neff Walker,Amy Winter,Kim Woodruff,Neil M. Ferguson,Tini Garske +47 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors quantify the health impact of childhood vaccination programs by estimating the deaths and disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) averted by vaccination against ten pathogens in 98 low-income and middle-income countries between 2000 and 2030.
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Estimated economic impact of vaccinations in 73 low- and middle-income countries, 2001-2020.
Sachiko Ozawa,Samantha Clark,Allison Portnoy,Simrun Grewal,Meghan L. Stack,Anushua Sinha,Andrew J. Mirelman,Heather Franklin,Ingrid K. Friberg,Yvonne Tam,Neff Walker,Andrew Clark,Matthew J. Ferrari,Chutima Suraratdecha,Steven Sweet,Sue J. Goldie,Tini Garske,Michelle Li,Peter M Hansen,Hope L. Johnson,Damian G. Walker +20 more
TL;DR: By preventing significant costs and potentially increasing economic productivity among some of the world’s poorest countries, the impact of immunization goes well beyond health.