Learning from the COVID-19 pandemic to strengthen routine immunization systems.

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Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America.

Published: February 2022

Kate Causey and Jonathan F Mosser discuss what can be learnt from the observed impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on routine immunisation systems.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8863284PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003934DOI Listing

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