Child Healthcare and Immunizations in Sub-Saharan Africa During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Child Healthcare and Immunizations in Sub-Saharan Africa During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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DOI：
10.3389/fped.2020.00517
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发表时间：
2020-08-06
影响因子：
2.6
通讯作者：
Iodice, Francesco
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作者：
Buonsenso, Danilo;Cinicola, Bianca;Iodice, Francesco
由于COVID-19在儿科人群中的严重程度并不常见，因此大流行的间接成本（与应对病毒传播的措施有关）可能比感染本身更严重。为了评估这一问题，我们评估了塞拉利昂一个贫穷村庄接种疫苗或接受最常见疾病评估的儿童人数，结果显示，接种疫苗和接受急性疾病评估的儿童人数出现了令人担忧的下降。我们的初步调查结果强调，需要提供支持，以保证在COVID-19大流行期间为儿童提供基本服务，特别是在预防措施可以长期挽救生命的贫困环境中。
Since COVID-19 in the pediatric population is infrequently severe, the indirect costs of the pandemic, related to the measures implemented to deal with the spread of the virus, can be worse than the infection itself. To assess this issue, we evaluated the number of children vaccinated or evaluated for the most common diseases in a poor village in Sierra Leone, showing a worrisome drop in vaccinations performed and children evaluated for acute diseases. Our preliminary findings highlight that support is needed to guarantee basic services to children during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly in poor settings where preventive measures can be lifesaving in the long term.