2024
Last-mile delivery increases vaccine uptake in Sierra Leone
Meriggi N, Voors M, Levine M, Ramakrishna V, Kangbai D, Rozelle M, Tyler E, Kallon S, Nabieu J, Cundy S, Mobarak A. Last-mile delivery increases vaccine uptake in Sierra Leone. Nature 2024, 627: 612-619. PMID: 38480877, PMCID: PMC10954551, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07158-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChild health interventionsMobile vaccination teamsRural areas of Sierra LeoneRandomized controlled trialsHealth professionalsIntervention sitesHealth interventionsIntervention costsCommunity mobilizationImmunization ratesRemote populationsSierra LeoneControlled trialsRural areasDelivery of doseInterventionVaccine uptakeAccess difficultiesVaccination teamsBehavioral issuesVaccination pointsVaccine deliveryRemote villagesCommunityCOVID-19 vaccine
2021
Falling living standards during the COVID-19 crisis: Quantitative evidence from nine developing countries
Egger D, Miguel E, Warren S, Shenoy A, Collins E, Karlan D, Parkerson D, Mobarak A, Fink G, Udry C, Walker M, Haushofer J, Larreboure M, Athey S, Lopez-Pena P, Benhachmi S, Humphreys M, Lowe L, Meriggi N, Wabwire A, Davis C, Pape U, Graff T, Voors M, Nekesa C, Vernot C. Falling living standards during the COVID-19 crisis: Quantitative evidence from nine developing countries. Science Advances 2021, 7: eabe0997. PMID: 33547077, PMCID: PMC7864564, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abe0997.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEconomic conditionsOfficial economic statisticsLarge informal sectorOriginal household surveyShare of householdsHousehold coping strategiesDire economic conditionsSystematic quantitative evidenceWidespread food insecurityCOVID-19 crisisIncome dropEconomic statisticsInformal sectorPolicy responsesLiving standardsJournalistic accountsGovernment assistanceQuantitative evidenceFood insecurityHousehold surveyMiddle-income countriesSubsistence agricultureLatin AmericaVulnerable groupsCOVID-19 pandemic