The project aims to develop optimization and simulation models, taking into account regional disease dynamics, that effectively and fairly (e.g. regionally) distribute available vaccines to the population based on a prioritization plan for the vaccines, in the shortest time possible, with the goal of reducing the expected number of deaths. These models and the solution algorithms developed will support important decisions in the Covid-19 vaccine distribution chain in Turkey and England (such as selecting distribution centers, determining the amounts and frequencies of vaccine distribution to regions, and creating routes for delivering the vaccine to hard-to-reach groups such as migrants, temporary agricultural workers, those over 85, and the disabled), and will be tested with real data. Various scenarios will be analyzed.
This project, called the Katip Çelebi-Newton Fund, is a project that aims to optimize the distribution of vaccines with the COVID-19 pandemic agenda, which was decided to be supported within the scope of the "Bilateral cooperation program with the British Council" number 2551, one of the bilateral cooperation support programs of TUBITAK.
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Call Announcement: https://h2020.org.tr/tr/haberler/2551-tubitak-ve-british-council-ikili-isbirligi-programi-2020-yili-cagrisi-acildi
Newton Fund website: https://newtonfund.ac.uk/about/about-partner-countries/turkey/