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Dear Collegues,
We are pleased to share this interesting publication by our collegues from the WHO Regional office for Africa.
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the provision of routine childhood vaccination services in the first three months following the pandemic has varied by country according to the administrative data available. A universal decline was not observed in all countries studied. Countries should monitor trends in the number of children vaccinated at national and subnational levels, and those that experience extensive and persistent declines should undertake catch-up vaccination activities to ensure that children who have missed scheduled vaccine doses receive them at the earliest possible time. Mass vaccination campaigns may be undertaken in the context of COVID-19, in order to prevent the accumulation of non-vaccinated children and thus avert outbreaks, but only after ensuring that benefit-risk analysis is done, and with the appropriate infection prevention measures. Since countries with low immunization coverage have experienced greater COVID-19 related declines in the number of vaccinated children, they should update their outbreak risk assessments, maintain active disease surveillance and prepare to take measures to mitigate the risk for outbreaks.
https://www.technet-21.org/en/library/main/6725--the-performance-of-routine-immunization-in-selected-african-countries-during-the-first-six-months-of-the-covid-19-pandemic
Thank you.
Chantal
We are pleased to share this interesting publication by our collegues from the WHO Regional office for Africa.
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the provision of routine childhood vaccination services in the first three months following the pandemic has varied by country according to the administrative data available. A universal decline was not observed in all countries studied. Countries should monitor trends in the number of children vaccinated at national and subnational levels, and those that experience extensive and persistent declines should undertake catch-up vaccination activities to ensure that children who have missed scheduled vaccine doses receive them at the earliest possible time. Mass vaccination campaigns may be undertaken in the context of COVID-19, in order to prevent the accumulation of non-vaccinated children and thus avert outbreaks, but only after ensuring that benefit-risk analysis is done, and with the appropriate infection prevention measures. Since countries with low immunization coverage have experienced greater COVID-19 related declines in the number of vaccinated children, they should update their outbreak risk assessments, maintain active disease surveillance and prepare to take measures to mitigate the risk for outbreaks.
https://www.technet-21.org/en/library/main/6725--the-performance-of-routine-immunization-in-selected-african-countries-during-the-first-six-months-of-the-covid-19-pandemic
Thank you.
Chantal
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