Attendance and vaccination at immunization clinics in rural Gambia before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

CONCLUSION: The reduced EPI attendance during the pandemic interruption period lasted only 3 months. Significant recovery in EPI attendance occurred during the late recovery period, while rates of monthly immunization returned to pre-pandemic levels for most antigens. EPI programmes should implement strategies to deliver missed antigens when infants do present to EPI clinics, aware that missed doses may be age dependent.PMID:36180374 | PMC:PMC9468317 | DOI:10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.09.031

Source: Vaccine - September 30, 2022 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Isaac Osei Golam Sarwar Ilias Hossain Kemo Sonko Lamin Ceesay Bubacarr Baldeh Ebba Secka Grant A Mackenzie Source Type: research