2009
DOI: 10.1590/s0101-74382009000300008
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A study on the universal access to vaccines in Brazil

Abstract: In this paper, the universal access to vaccines in Brazil is discussed from an Operations Research (OR) point of view. A classic military model -the Weapon-Target Assignment (WTA) problem -is converted to a humanitarian one, where the objective is to maximize the coverage of the vaccines in the population instead of to destroy military assets. There is an enormous space for OR techniques in the whole healthcare system, as most of the planning is still hand-made, and drawn by professionals with medical backgrou… Show more

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