Center for Health Decision Science, Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2021 Sep 2;17(9):2951-2953. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2021.1908061. Epub 2021 May 4.
COVID-19 pandemic has affected the world, including developing countries in various aspects. This pandemic might have severe consequences in terms of population health, especially in places where the health system is already weak. Using the health facility-level data over time, we evaluated the impact of COVID-19 lockdown on the vaccination service delivery in Nigeria. The lockdown was announced on March 30, 2020 and was effective until May 4, 2020. Compared to the quantity of vaccinations administered in March 2020, the quantity was significantly reduced during April 2020. The quantity was further reduced during May 2020. However, from June onwards, the quantity of vaccination administered has recovered. We observed that, although the lockdown reduced the quantity of vaccination administered significantly, it quickly recovered soon after the lockdown was relaxed.
COVID-19 大流行已经从各个方面影响了世界,包括发展中国家。对于那些医疗体系本就薄弱的地区,这种大流行可能会造成严重的人口健康后果。我们利用一段时间内的医疗机构层面的数据,评估了 COVID-19 封锁对尼日利亚疫苗接种服务提供的影响。封锁于 2020 年 3 月 30 日宣布,并于 2020 年 5 月 4 日生效。与 2020 年 3 月接种的疫苗数量相比,2020 年 4 月的接种数量显著减少。2020 年 5 月的接种数量进一步减少。然而,从 6 月开始,接种的疫苗数量已经恢复。我们观察到,尽管封锁显著减少了接种的疫苗数量,但在封锁放松后很快就恢复了。