National Swedish survey showed that child health services and routine immunisation programmes were resilient during the early COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

Routine immunisation programmes are at risk of disruption due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to investigate the resilience of the Swedish national immunisation programme for children up to the age of five years during the early stages of the pandemic.

Methods

This was a cross-sectional, web-based survey of regional child health offices in Sweden between 10 September and 9 October 2020. It explored the organisation of child health services during the early stages of the pandemic, focusing on routine child immunisation.

Results

All 21 Swedish regional child health offices responded. They stated that child immunisation had been prioritised, communication with families had been intensified and there was greater flexibility at all organisational levels of c

SUBMITTER: Falkenstein Hagander K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8222894 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature