CHP PhD Completion Seminar -Fulgence Niyibitegeka
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Title: Vaccine economics to inform policymaking in low- and middle-income countries
Location: Seminar room 515, Level 5, 207 Bouverie Street, Parkville
Abstract: Low- and middle-income countries face major financial challenges in introducing and sustaining new health technologies, including vaccines against infectious diseases, despite bearing the highest disease burden. This PhD research applies vaccine economics methods (including economic surplus analysis, cost analysis, and economic evaluation) to generate policy-relevant evidence on equitable vaccine pricing, affordability, and sustainable access in resource-constrained settings. The research includes work on pneumococcal conjugate vaccines and malaria vaccines, alongside policy insights from a 4-month PhD internship with UNICEF headquarters.
Bio: Fulgence is a PhD student in Health Economics Unit, Centre for Health Policy, School of Population and Global Health. His research focuses on developing evidence to inform equitable vaccine pricing policy and support immunisation decision-making in low- and middle-income countries. This includes work on vaccine value equity, cost-effectiveness and budget impact of pneumococcal vaccine schedule optimisation in the Asia-Pacific region, and economic evidence to inform malaria vaccine introduction in sub-Saharan Africa. He has a master’s degree in social, Economic and Administrative Pharmacy, with a specialization in Vaccine Economics.