Minimizing disruptions to immunization services in the context of COVID-19 in Senegal: lessons learnt and policy options

Diop, Rokhaya, Yugo, Mohamed Abass, Mbaye, Rose Nadege, Thiam, Hamidou, Diouf, Mam Coumba, Sall, Amadou Alpha, Loucoubar, Cheikh and Chisare, Dorothy ORCID: 0000-0001-8194-7674 (2023) Minimizing disruptions to immunization services in the context of COVID-19 in Senegal: lessons learnt and policy options. AHOP Policy Briefs. World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa, Brazzaville, CD. ISBN 9789290234999

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Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic revealed the vulnerability of essential health services globally and caused major disruptions, particularly in immunization services. In 2020, an estimated two thirds of 105 countries reported disruptions to routine facility-based and/or outreach immunization services (WHO, 2020b). Within the same year, an estimated 23 million children missed out on basic childhood vaccinations, accounting for the highest number since 2009 and representing a significant increase from 2019 (UNICEF, 2021; WHO, 2021a). Some settings experienced an upsurge in deadly diseases, such as measles outbreaks observed in Nigeria and Côte d’Ivoire between late 2020 and early 2021 (WHO, 2022a). The indirect effects of the pandemic on routine immunization services will likely lead to increased illness and death for many years, particularly among vulnerable populations such as women and children.

Item Type:	Monograph (Report)
Official URL:	https://ahop.aho.afro.who.int/publications/
Additional Information:	© 2023 WHO African Region
Divisions:	LSE Health
Subjects:	R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
Date Deposited:	16 Oct 2023 16:21
Last Modified:	01 Apr 2024 07:52
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/120487

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