Boosting Childhood Vaccination Rates Post-Pandemic: Lessons from Five Countries

Commonwealth Fund October 3, 2024
Irene Papanicolas, Robert A. Berenson, Laura Skopec

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Childhood vaccinations dropped during the COVID-19 pandemic across the globe, but Australia, Germany, Singapore, the U.K., and the U.S. maintained high vaccination rates

Strict vaccine requirements and school-based immunization programs may help increase childhood vaccination rates in other countries

Abstract

• Issue: Childhood vaccination rates fell worldwide during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, reductions in childhood vaccination were not universal, which may be related to differences in vaccine eligibility, vaccine hesitancy, and vaccine administration programs across countries.
• Goals: Explore how childhood vaccination rates changed during the COVID-19 pandemic in five high-income countries with varying approaches to vaccine policy.
• Methods: Surveys of in-country experts and analysis of secondary data sources in Australia, Germany, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
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