The pandemic hit routine vaccine coverage hard. In response, Ethiopia developed new guidelines to guide catch-up campaigns, helping to prevent a generation from missing out. What can we learn from their efforts?
The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated how quickly children could fall behind on life-saving vaccinations, highlighting the importance of “catch-up vaccination” – vaccinating individuals who, for various reasons, have missed or not received their eligible doses of vaccines according to the national immunisation schedule.
Against a backdrop of ongoing conflict, natural disasters and high numbers of zero-dose children, Ethiopia rose to the challenge by developing national catch-up vaccination guidelines. The development of these guidelines provides invaluable insights for other nations seeking to fortify their immunisation programmes.
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