Surendranath Mallavalli, Wankhedkar Ravi, Lele Jayesh, Cintra Otavio, Kolhapure Shafi, Agrawal Ashish, Dewda Pavitra
Department of Pediatrics, Vijay Marie Hospital, Hyderabad, India.
World Medical Association and Sitaram Hospital, Dhule, India.
Infect Dis Ther. 2022 Feb;11(1):81-99. doi: 10.1007/s40121-021-00558-9. Epub 2021 Nov 13.
Healthcare providers (HCPs) are at increased risk of acquisition and transmission of infectious disease. Vaccinating HCPs is an essential preventive measure to protect them and their patients against communicable diseases, while positively and directly impacting the functioning of the healthcare system. In India, healthcare represents one of the largest employment sectors with 3.8 million HCPs; however, there is limited awareness of national immunisation guidelines for the Indian HCP population. Data from communicable disease outbreaks across India suggest inadequate vaccination rates amongst HCPs; studies have reported influenza and varicella vaccination rates as low as 4.4% and 16%, respectively. In this review, we discuss data highlighting the impact of insufficient vaccination coverage, barriers to vaccination, and the lack of immunisation guidelines amongst HCPs in India. COVID-19 vaccination programmes for HCPs have been critical in slowing the pandemic in India. This provides an opportunity to raise awareness about the importance of vaccines amongst HCPs in India.
医疗保健提供者（HCPs）感染和传播传染病的风险增加。为HCPs接种疫苗是一项重要的预防措施，可保护他们及其患者免受传染病侵害，同时对医疗保健系统的运作产生积极而直接的影响。在印度，医疗保健是最大的就业部门之一，有380万名HCPs；然而，印度HCP人群对国家免疫指南的认识有限。印度各地传染病暴发的数据表明，HCPs的疫苗接种率不足；研究报告称，流感和水痘疫苗接种率分别低至4.4%和16%。在本综述中，我们讨论了一些数据，这些数据突出了疫苗接种覆盖率不足的影响、疫苗接种的障碍以及印度HCPs中缺乏免疫指南的情况。针对HCPs的COVID-19疫苗接种计划对减缓印度的疫情至关重要。这提供了一个提高印度HCPs对疫苗重要性认识的机会。
