Unpacking the impact of COVID-19 on child immunization: evidence from Ghana.

ABSTRACT:

Background

With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, governments implemented social distancing regulations to limit the spread of the disease. Some health experts warned that these measures could negatively affect access to essential health services, such as routine childhood immunizations. Others noted that without these regulations, COVID-19 cases would increase, leading to overburdened health systems.

Methods

We analyze four years (2018-2021) of monthly administrative data on childhood immunizations in all administrative districts in Ghana and exploit variations in social distancing regulations across districts. Given variations in social distancing regulations across Ghanaian districts, we can further differentiate between the effect of public lockdowns and the effect of

SUBMITTER: Durizzo K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11191367 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature