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Angus Thomson: Zero-dose children – Global COVID-19 impact on routine immunizations

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Published Online: Oct 4th 2022

Widespread global disruption in routine childhood immunization has had a global effect, leaving an additional
3.7 million children missing basic vaccinations compared to pre-COVID-19 pandemic numbers.1 

As part of a longer interview on vaccine acceptance (available here), Dr Angus Thomson (Irimi Company, Lyon, France) discusses the global uptake of COVID-19 vaccination, the impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the gains made over the past decade in increasing immunization, and outbreaks that can be linked back to a drop in immunizations.

Interviews available in this series:

Angus Thomson: Barriers to vaccine acceptance in a post-COVID world

Angus Thomson: Zero-dose children: Global COVID-19 impact on routine immunizations

Angus Thomson: Communicating with patients about their vaccinations – Communication methods, support and counteracting disinformation

Angus Thomson: Addressing vaccine hesitancy, global vaccine uptake, and communication methods

Questions:

  1. How has the COVID-19 pandemic impacted routine immunization programs? (0:50)

Disclosures: Dr Angus Thomson is a consultant for UNICEF, and Sabin Vaccine Institute.

Support: Interview and filming supported by Touch Medical Media. Interview conducted by Katey Gabrysch.

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References:

  1. World Health Organisation. Immunization coverage. Available at: www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/immunization-coverage (accessed 4 October 2022).
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