Addressing disruptions in childhood routine immunisation services during the COVID-19 pandemic: perspectives from Nepal, Senegal and Liberia
Sameer Dixit, Moussa Sarr, Daouda Gueye, Kyle Muther, T. Ruston Yarnko, Robert A. Bednarczyk, Adolphus Clarke, Fatoumata Diakhite, Aliou Diallo, Bonheur Dounebaine, Shankar B Duwadi, Anna S. Ellis, Nancy Fullman, Nathaniel Gerthe, Jhalak Sharma Gautam, Kyra A. Hester, Gloria Ikilezi, Rokhaya S Mbengue, Souleymane Mboup, B Ndiaye, Rajesh Man Rajbhandari, David Phillips, Matthew C. Freeman
Abstract
### Summary box RI emerged as one the most disrupted health services in early-2020 to mid-2020,1 a global systems shock associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. In May 2020, an estimated 80 million children were thought to be affected by interrupted vaccination services and campaigns,2 and over 60% of 105 countries reported at least partial RI disruptions to WHO.1 If left unaddressed, these disruptions are poised to halt or even reverse decades of global progress achieved in vaccine delivery and child health.3 4 Yet with great challenges can come great opportunity: knowledge and …