The potential impact of an AIDS vaccine in Uganda

A recently published study modeling the impact of future AIDS vaccines in Uganda suggests that even vaccines that are not 100% effective could have a major effect on the country’s epidemic.

The study modeled a number of scenarios involving different levels of vaccine effectiveness and population coverage in Uganda. For example, the model shows that a vaccine that was only 50% effective and administered to 30% of the adult Ugandan population could reduce the total number of infections by 40%.

The modeling study was carried out by the Makerere University School of Public Health, with support from the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative and the Futures Institute. The publication can be found at http://www.iavi.org

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