Experience conducting COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness studies in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan and the Philippines: lessons for future epidemics and potential pandemics

There were four main challenges in conducting our studies: finding health-care facilities for data collection; obtaining exposure (vaccination) data; identifying epidemiological biases and confounders; and informing policy and risk communication in a timely manner. Preparedness during inter-emergency/epidemic/pandemic periods to rapidly evaluate relevant interventions such as vaccination is critical and should include the following considerations: (1) the establishment and maintenance of prospective data collection platforms, ideally under public health surveillance (if not, clinical research networks or linked databases); (2) uniform and practical protocols considering biases and confounders; and (3) communication with stakeholders including institutional review boards.

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Western Pacific surveillance response journal
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2025-06-30
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https://doi.org/10.5365/wpsar.2025.16.2.1157
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Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
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Experience conducting COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness studies in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan and the Philippines: lessons for future epidemics and potential pandemics

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Experience conducting COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness studies in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan and the Philippines: lessons for future epidemics and potential pandemics

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Abstract

There were four main challenges in conducting our studies: finding health-care facilities for data collection; obtaining exposure (vaccination) data; identifying epidemiological biases and confounders; and informing policy and risk communication in a timely manner. Preparedness during inter-emergency/epidemic/pandemic periods to rapidly evaluate relevant interventions such as vaccination is critical and should include the following considerations: (1) the establishment and maintenance of prospective data collection platforms, ideally under public health surveillance (if not, clinical research networks or linked databases); (2) uniform and practical protocols considering biases and confounders; and (3) communication with stakeholders including institutional review boards.

Western Pacific surveillance response journalVol. 16(2)
University of London (GB), Department of Health (PH), Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (PH), Philippine General Hospital (PH), National Institute of Infectious Diseases (JP), London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB), Istituto Nazionale per le Malattie Infettive Lazzaro Spallanzani (IT), World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific (PH), Nagasaki University (JP)
World Health Organization, Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
Good health and well-being
Openalex Percentile: Top 83%
Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
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