Unveiling the dimension of regional disparities: Assessing the disruption of immunisation services by COVID-19 in Bangladesh.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic disrupted essential health care services worldwide, including those related to immunisation. National data from Bangladesh shows that child immunisation may have been adversely affected by the pandemic but regional evidence is limited. We therefore aimed to explore the regional differences in the indirect effects of COVID-19 on child immunisation in Bangladesh.

Methods

We extracted data from the District Health Information Software (DHIS2) spanning the period from January 2017 to December 2021. We examined three essential immunisation indicators: Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG), pentavalent third dose, and measles vaccinations. We examined both the yearly and monthly trends to explore fluctuations in the number of imm

SUBMITTER: Akter E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11505652 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature