2022
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.09.031
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Attendance and vaccination at immunization clinics in rural Gambia before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

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“…Our findings differ in some respects from those of the only other study from The Gambia that has so far explored the impact of the pandemic on vaccination services delivery. In contrast to our findings, the previous study reported reduced clinic visits and vaccination doses administered, particularly for birth doses, for only 3 months after the onset of the pandemic in The Gambia compared with the baseline period 45. Although the previous study also reported data from BHDSS, which is one of our study sites, slight differences in the objectives and methodology of the two studies could explain the differences in findings.…”
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confidence: 99%
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“…Our findings differ in some respects from those of the only other study from The Gambia that has so far explored the impact of the pandemic on vaccination services delivery. In contrast to our findings, the previous study reported reduced clinic visits and vaccination doses administered, particularly for birth doses, for only 3 months after the onset of the pandemic in The Gambia compared with the baseline period 45. Although the previous study also reported data from BHDSS, which is one of our study sites, slight differences in the objectives and methodology of the two studies could explain the differences in findings.…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 99%
“…While we did not examine doses given in later infancy, we can likely extrapolate the likely impact due to the fact that we used sensitive markers (timeliness and birth doses of vaccines). We do not anticipate widely varying outcomes, given that the only previous study from The Gambia showed that clinic visits for vaccines given in later infancy were minimally impacted 45…”
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“…The Ministry of Health’s annual service statistics report revealed that, overall, there was a slightly higher proportion of institutional deliveries in 2020 than 2019 (96.5% vs 94.8%) [ 43 ]. Since this study included children captured in the health facility immunization registers, it is possible that some eligible children were missed, especially taking into account the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on routine immunization [ 44 ]. Including the potentially missed children could raise or decrease timeliness rates depending on their time to hepatitis B vaccination.…”
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“…Also, rumours of unauthorised testing of COVID-19 vaccines caused some concern in the community but were strongly refuted by Government agencies. Attendance at RCH/EPI clinics was substantially reduced in the months of April, July, and August, but with subsequent rapid return to normal attendance and recovery of antigen delivery to the infant population [11]. Upon resumption of trial activities at RCH/EPI clinics eld staff were at physically separate locations, with physical distance, masks, and hand hygiene.…”
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confidence: 99%