DTP Boost

DTP Boost is an interactive web-based tool to inform country-level decision making about the introduction and routine delivery of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis-containing vaccines (DTPCV) booster doses. The tool allows users to design vaccination strategies to explore the health impact, budget impact, and cost-effectiveness of introducing DTPCV booster doses in a selected country. 

DTP Boost is powered by an integrated epidemiological and health economic model, tailored to the selected country, accounting for differences in existing vaccination schedule, current burden of disease, health systems characteristics, costs of illness and vaccination. Multiple vaccination strategies can be designed, allowing a detailed and interactive exploration of the relative costs and benefits of different numbers of DTPCV booster doses, vaccination coverage levels, introduction approaches (e.g., simultaneous, phased), vaccine formulations and vaccination delivery platforms (e.g., health facility, outreach site, school-based). 

DTP Boost was developed by the Modelling and Simulation Hub, Africa (MASHA) at the University of Cape Town in collaboration with the African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET) and United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S. CDC) with guidance from an expert steering committee. The tool has been piloted in Uganda, in partnership with the Ugandan National Program on Immunization (UNEPI).

Explore the DTP Boost Demo Tool

The full DTP Boost tool uses a live-running model and requires local data to tailor the projections to the selected country. To enable easy exploration of the tool and its key features, a demo version was developed with simplified optionality and a set of pre-run scenarios. 

The DTP Boost Demo Tool is available through the link below. Access to the full tool, as well as support for using it, is available on request.

The demo model and application code is available on Github (uct-masha/DTPBoost-Demo)

Citation: Hounsell, RA., Norman, JM., Monyake, R., Silal, SP (2023) DTPBoost-Demo. (Version 1.0.0). Available at: https://github.com/uct-masha/DTPBoost-Demo/releases/tag/1.0.0  

Contact us

For further information and support using DTP Boost, contact the MASHA team via email: masha@uct.ac.za