Estimating global changes in routine childhood vaccination coverage during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020-2021

CONCLUSION: The COVID-19 pandemic exerted larger disruptions to routine vaccination services in 2021 than in 2020. Global efforts will be needed to recoup vaccine coverage losses sustained during the pandemic and broaden vaccine access in areas where coverage was previously inadequate.PMID:37246068 | PMC:PMC10201316 | DOI:10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.05.034

Source: Vaccine - May 28, 2023 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Cyrus Ghaznavi Akifumi Eguchi Kaung Suu Lwin Daisuke Yoneoka Yuta Tanoue Santosh Kumar Rauniyar Sayaka Horiuchi Masahiro Hashizume Shuhei Nomura Source Type: research