*What intervention(s) you are considering in your modelling and how it will be added to the model structure?
Since I chose dengue as my topic, I would like to describe about vaccine that I chose for the intervention of my modelling.
Providing dengue vaccine to the susceptible individual will help induce immunity against the dengue virus in those who receive it. This immune can prevents or reduces the severity of dengue infection in vaccinated people. Therefore it can lower the incidence of the disease, decrease its spread within communities, and reduce the burden of dengue-related illness and complications.
The model structure that I discuss in the previous assignment was SEIR. Providing vaccine will add the intervention to the susceptible population. When the intervention added, it can either slowdown or stop the transition from S to E which means that the vaccine can finally helps protect people to be infected and also can help infected people to recover faster and decrease by severity of the disease.
*What are the characteristics of the intervention(s) (e.g. coverage, efficacy etc.)?
From the CDC, the Dengvaxia dengue vaccine requires three doses administered subcutaneously and given 6 months apart for full protection.
The characteristic of the intervention in my opinion can be vaccine efficacy (the effectiveness of a vaccine in preventing disease or how much transmissibility can be reduced), coverage rates (the proportion of the target population that receives the vaccine), and cost-effectiveness (Cost-effectiveness typically assess by weighing the costs of vaccination against the benefits gained in terms of prevented illnesses, hospitalizations, deaths, and associated economic losses.)
*Reference:
https://www.cdc.gov/dengue/vaccine/hcp/schedule-dosing.html