Table 2 Projected 10-year impacts of Lassa vaccination

From: Health and economic impacts of Lassa vaccination campaigns in West Africa

Outcome averted due to vaccination

Scenario 1: outbreak response only

Scenario 2: endemic districts (80%)

Scenario 3: endemic districts (80%) + non-endemic districts of high-endemic countries (5%)

Scenario 4: endemic districts (80%) + non-endemic districts of all countries (5%)

Scenario 5: endemic districts (55%) + non-endemic districts of high-endemic countries (5%)

Scenario 6: endemic districts (32.5%) + non-endemic districts of all countries (5%)

Vaccine 70% effective only against disease

LASV infections (n)

0.0 (0.0–0.0)

0.0 (0.0–0.0)

0.0 (0.0–0.0)

0.0 (0.0–0.0)

0.0 (0.0–0.0)

0.0 (0.0–0.0)

Hospitalizations (n)

1.6 K (1.0 K–2.4 K)

14.1 K (9.0 K–20.3 K)

17.3 K (11.1 K–25.0 K)

19.9 K (12.7 K–28.8 K)

13.4 K (8.6 K–19.4 K)

12.5 K (7.9 K–18.1 K)

Deaths (n)

272.0 (89.0–576.8)

2.3 K (771.7–4.9 K)

2.9 K (947.3–6.0 K)

3.3 K (1.1 K–7.0 K)

2.2 K (734.0–4.7 K)

2.1 K (680.7–4.4 K)

DALYs (n)

13.7 K (5.5 K–26.8 K)

115.4 K (47.1 K–222.2 K)

141.4 K (57.6 K–273.2 K)

164.1 K (66.7 K–317.7 K)

109.6 K (44.6 K–211.9 K)

103.8 K (41.9 K–201.4 K)

Impoverishing expenditures (n)

1.2 K (725.0–1.7 K)

10.1 K (6.5 K–14.5 K)

12.4 K (7.9 K–17.8 K)

14.2 K (9.0 K–20.5 K)

9.6 K (6.1 K–13.8 K)

8.9 K (5.6 K–12.9 K)

Societal costs (2021 $)

10.3 M (5.3 M–18.8 M)

90.3 M (47.6 M–162.5 M)

112.8 M (59.2 M–203.8 M)

128.2 M (67.2 M–231.9 M)

87.9 M (46.0 M–158.9 M)

80.8 M (42.1 M–146.6 M)

Monetized DALYs (2021 $)

1.9 M (763.1 K–3.7 M)

12.9 M (5.3 M–24.9 M)

15.8 M (6.4 M–30.4 M)

20.1 M (8.2 M–39.0 M)

12.3 M (5.0 M–23.8 M)

13.6 M (5.5 M–26.4 M)

VSL (2021 $)

105.7 M (34.6 M–224.1 M)

948.9 M (313.2 M–2.0 B)

1.2 B (396.6 M–2.5 B)

1.3 B (436.8 M–2.8 B)

939.7 M (309.4 M–2.0 B)

826.3 M (271.1 M–1.7 B)

Vaccine 70% effective against infection and disease

LASV infections (n)

200.2 K (153.5 K–250.0 K)

1.7 M (1.3 M–2.0 M)

2.1 M (1.6 M–2.5 M)

2.4 M (1.9 M–2.9 M)

1.6 M (1.3 M–2.0 M)

1.5 M (1.2 M–1.9 M)

Hospitalizations (n)

2.2 K (1.4 K–3.3 K)

18.8 K (12.0 K–27.1 K)

23.2 K (14.8 K–33.5 K)

26.8 K (17.0 K–38.6 K)

18.1 K (11.6 K–26.2 K)

17.0 K (10.8 K–24.6 K)

Deaths (n)

370.6 (121.3–785.9)

3.1 K (1.0 K–6.6 K)

3.9 K (1.3 K–8.1 K)

4.4 K (1.5 K–9.4 K)

3.0 K (990.8–6.3 K)

2.8 K (924.5–6.0 K)

DALYs (n)

18.7 K (7.5 K–36.5 K)

154.2 K (63.0 K–296.8 K)

189.6 K (77.3 K–366.3 K)

220.5 K (89.6 K–427.0 K)

148.0 K (60.2 K–286.1 K)

140.9 K (56.9 K–273.6 K)

Impoverishing expenditures (n)

1.6 K (987.8–2.3 K)

13.5 K (8.6 K–19.4 K)

16.6 K (10.6 K–23.9 K)

19.1 K (12.1 K–27.6 K)

12.9 K (8.2 K–18.6 K)

12.1 K (7.6 K–17.5 K)

Societal costs (2021 $)

14.0 M (7.3 M–25.6 M)

120.6 M (63.7 M–217.1 M)

151.4 M (79.4 M–273.5 M)

172.3 M (90.3 M–311.7 M)

118.6 M (62.1 M–214.6 M)

109.7 M (57.1 M–199.2 M)

Monetized DALYs (2021 $)

2.6 M (1.0 M–5.1 M)

17.3 M (7.1 M–33.3 M)

21.1 M (8.6 M–40.8 M)

27.1 M (11.0 M–52.5 M)

16.6 M (6.8 M–32.2 M)

18.4 M (7.4 M–35.9 M)

VSL (2021 $)

144.1 M (47.2 M–305.4 M)

1.3 B (418.5 M–2.7B)

1.6 B (532.1 M–3.4 B)

1.8 B (586.7 M–3.8 B)

1.3 B (417.8 M–2.7 B)

1.1 B (368.1 M–2.4 B)

  1. The mean (95% UI) health and economic burden of Lassa fever averted due to vaccination over 10 years from the initiation of vaccine rollout for the six vaccination scenarios described in Extended Data Table 2. Columns represent vaccination scenarios, and rows represent outcomes averted. The table compares a vaccine 70% effective only against disease (top) with a vaccine 70% effective against both infection and disease (bottom). Societal costs combine outpatient treatment costs, hospital treatment costs and productivity losses. Costs are reported in 2021 international dollars ($), and future monetary costs are discounted at 3% per year. B, billion; K, thousand; M, million.