Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Vienna , Vienna Austria.
Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2020 Nov 1;16(11):2594-2600. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2020.1787065. Epub 2020 Sep 22.
The COVID-19 pandemic has posed multiple substantial challenges, affecting not only public health but also economic systems, socio-cultural patterns, and political institutions. Studies have focused on the relationships between complex emergencies and natural disasters with outbreaks of infectious diseases. However, there is a dearth of relevant literature on the impact of a global pandemic on vaccination programs - an important topic because delays or stops in such programs are likely to result in outbreaks and epidemics of other infectious diseases. Thus, this article discusses the negative and positive impacts that the COVID-19 pandemic may exert on vaccination for vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs). Negative impacts include the increased risk of VPD outbreaks in low-resource countries where vaccination programs must be temporarily halted to prevent the spread of infection. Positive effects include the strong possibility that the universally-recognized need for a coronavirus vaccine may increase people's appreciation for vaccines in general, resulting in improved vaccination uptake once the pandemic passes. Concerned stakeholders, such as governments and the World Health Organization (WHO), should seize this moment to effectively build on these positive impacts by planning renewed and revitalized post-COVID vaccination programs.
新冠疫情带来了多重重大挑战，不仅影响了公共卫生，还影响了经济体系、社会文化模式和政治制度。研究集中于复杂紧急情况和自然灾害与传染病暴发之间的关系。然而，关于全球大流行对疫苗接种计划的影响的相关文献却很少——这是一个重要的话题，因为此类计划的延迟或停止很可能导致其他传染病的暴发和流行。因此，本文讨论了新冠疫情可能对疫苗可预防疾病（VPD）的疫苗接种产生的负面影响和正面影响。负面影响包括在资源匮乏的国家中 VPD 暴发的风险增加，这些国家必须暂时停止疫苗接种计划以防止感染的传播。正面影响包括一个强有力的可能性，即人们普遍认识到需要一种冠状病毒疫苗，这可能会增加人们对疫苗的总体认识，一旦大流行过去，就会提高疫苗接种率。利益相关者，如政府和世界卫生组织（WHO），应抓住这一时刻，通过规划新的和振兴后的新冠疫情后疫苗接种计划，有效地利用这些积极影响。
