Contextual Narratives Associated With Immunization Services During COVID-19 Disease Outbreak in Chennai, Tamil Nadu
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ABSTRACT
Background:
Essential health services including immunization were significantly impacted due to COVID-19 with devastating outcomes in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). The disruption in immunization services due to global pandemic and measures undertaken at regional levels to overcome need to be studied as pandemic preparedness strategy.Objective:
To document the contextual narratives related to immunization services during the Covid-19 disease outbreakby interviewing qualified paediatricians in the field practice area of private tertiary care teaching medical collegeMethodology:
In-depth phone-based interviews were conducted with paediatricians in diverse settings during November 2020 to March 2021. Reflexive thematic analysis was performed, major themes identi-fied, and case studies documented.Results:
Paediatricians shared rich experiences related to immunization services impacted due to COVID-19 especially during the earlier months due to imposition of lockdowns leading to discontinua-tion, disruption of services, decrease in volume of immunizations, modest transition to telehealth ser-vice delivery, facility-level changes brought in to ensure immunization services and capacity building measures for upskilling.Conclusions:
Contextual narratives revealed in this study provide rich narrative about the disruption of immunization services due to COVID-19. These findings need to be understood and leveraged to be fu-ture ready and prevent further disruptions by identifying and scaling up key solutions piloted in this study.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Year:
2022
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