50 In our study, refugees, and particularly refugee children, were more likely to be undervaccinated, which is consistent with data on routine and COVID-19 immunizations in European refugees.10 While potential explanations include different countries of origin or socioeconomic status in refugees ...
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has a worldwide impact on all health services, including childhood immunizations. In Canada, there is limited data to quantify and characterize this issue. Methods: We conducted a descriptive, cross-sectional study by distributing online surveys to physicians ...
often linked to waning of immunity from acellular pertussis vaccines. The degree of waning observed has varied by study design and setting. In Ontario, pertussis has not shown a substantial resurgence in the past decade. The routine immunization schedule comprises three priming doses in infancy, to...