Impact of disruptions to routine vaccination programs, quantifying burden of measles, and mapping targeted supplementary immunization activities.

ABSTRACT: Measles is a highly transmissible disease that requires high levels of vaccination coverage for control and elimination. Areas that are unable to achieve and maintain high coverage levels are at risk for measles outbreaks resulting in increased morbidity and mortality. Public health emergencies, such as the current COVID-19 pandemic, pose a threat to the functioning of health systems by disrupting immunization services which can derail measles vaccination efforts. Efforts to bridge coverage gaps in immunization include the rapid return to fully functioning services as well as deploying supplementary immunization activities (SIAs), which are additional vaccination campaigns intended to catch-up children who have missed routine services. However, SIAs, which to date tend to be national effor

SUBMITTER: Kostandova N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9742850 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature