Measles outbreak in Zimbabwe: An urgent rising concern

Berjaoui, Christin; Tabassum, Shehroze; Sabuncu, Özge; Tarawneh, Yusuf Jaafer Al; Naeem, Aroma; Khoury, Carlo; Bacha, Israel Tadesse; Wellington, Jack; Uwishema, Olivier

doi:10.1016/j.amsu.2022.104613

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“…Table 2 and Table 3 present the characteristics of these 70 studies 6,10–78 . Scale level: national ( n = 49), regional ( n = 21).…”

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“…The 70 studies mention 7 indirect effects of COVID‐19 containment measures on the health and healthcare of children in 12 East‐African countries: economic damage ( n = 26), limited access to education ( n = 21), food insecurity ( n = 22), child abuse ( n = 12), limited access to healthcare ( n = 39), disrupted health‐programs (28), mental health challenges ( n = 13) 6,10–78 …”

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“…The disruption of immunisation programs increases the risk for children contracting infectious diseases 6,14 . Disruptions have been reported in immunisation programs for diphtheria, tetanus toxoid, pertussis, Hepatitis B, influenza, tuberculosis, and measles 6,14,35,40,44,48,67,77,78 . Disruptions in immunisation programs can lead to outbreaks in the future, evaporating the progress that some countries in East‐Africa have made in the past decades 48 .…”

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“…Disruptions in immunisation programs can lead to outbreaks in the future, evaporating the progress that some countries in East‐Africa have made in the past decades 48 . One study describes for example, the outbreak of measles in Zimbabwe 77 . Even temporary disruptions in immunisation programs may lead to an additional health crisis.…”

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Impact of COVID‐19 measures on the health and healthcare of children in East‐Africa: Scoping review

Salih

Njuguna

Widjajanto

et al. 2023

Health Planning & Management

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Background The COVID‐19 pandemic is of grave concern. As scientific data is being collected about the nature of COVID‐19, government leaders and policy makers are challenged. They might feel pressured to take strong measures to stop virus spread. However, decisions could cause more harm than do good. This study maps all existing literature regarding the impact of COVID‐19 containment measures on the health and healthcare of children in East‐Africa. Methods This scoping review follows Population Concept Context guidelines of Arksey and O’Malley and PRISMA 2020 checklist. PubMed, Web of Science, and Embase were searched. All peer‐reviewed literature published in English between January 2020 and October 2022 was considered. Initial screening of titles and abstracts was undertaken independently by two reviewers, with a third available in case of doubt. This was followed by full‐text screening involving two independent reviewers. Results In total, 70 studies were included. Eight containment measures affecting children's health and healthcare were distinguished: lockdowns, school closures, physical distancing, travel restrictions, business closures, stay‐at‐home orders, curfews, quarantine measures with contact tracing. The consensus in the studies is that containment measures could minimise COVID‐19 spread but have adverse indirect effects on children in East‐Africa. Seven indirect effects were distinguished: economic damage, limited education access, food insecurity, child abuse, limited healthcare access, disrupted health‐programs, and mental health challenges. Conclusion Government leaders and policy makers should take adverse indirect effects of COVID‐19 measures into account, particularly in resource‐limited regions such as East‐Africa, apply a holistic approach, and strengthen socioeconomic and health‐systems to protect the most vulnerable.

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“…Table 2 and Table 3 present the characteristics of these 70 studies 6,10–78 . Scale level: national ( n = 49), regional ( n = 21).…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

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Impact of COVID‐19 measures on the health and healthcare of children in East‐Africa: Scoping review

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Widjajanto

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“…And let us begin among regions such as in Zimbabwe and Samoa where preventable measles outbreaks have actively killed children. 10 , 11 …”

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Incentivized self-vaccination for global measles eradication

Sievers¹,

Sievers²,

Sievers³

2022

Journal of Virus Eradication

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Declining trends in vaccine confidence across sub-Saharan Africa: A large-scale cross-sectional modeling study

Figueiredo

Temfack

Tajudeen

et al. 2023

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics

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Current WHO/UNICEF estimates of routine childhood immunization coverage reveal the largest sustained decline in uptake in three decades with pronounced setbacks across Africa. Although the COVID-19 pandemic has induced significant supply and delivery disruptions, the impact of the pandemic on vaccine confidence is less understood. We here examine trends in vaccine confidence across eight sub-Saharan countries between 2020 and 2022 via a total of 17,187 individual interviews, conducted via a multi-stage probability sampling approach and cross-sectional design and evaluated using Bayesian methods. Multilevel regression combined with poststratification weighting using local demographic information yields national and sub-national estimates of vaccine confidence in 2020 and 2022 as well as its socio-demographic associations. We identify declines in perceptions toward the importance of vaccines for children across all eight countries, with mixed trends in perceptions toward vaccine safety and effectiveness. We find that COVID-19 vaccines are perceived to be less important and safe in 2022 than in 2020 in six of the eight countries, with the only increases in COVID-19 vaccine confidence detected in Ivory Coast. There are substantial declines in vaccine confidence in the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Africa, notably in Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, and Northern Cape (South Africa) and Bandundu, Maniema, Kasaï-Oriental, Kongo-Central, and Sud-Kivu (DRC). While over 60-year-olds in 2022 have higher vaccine confidence in vaccines generally than younger age groups, we do not detect other individual-level socio-demographic associations with vaccine confidence at the sample sizes studied, including sex, age, education, employment status, and religious affiliation. Understanding the role of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated policies on wider vaccine confidence can inform post-COVID vaccination strategies and help rebuild immunization system resilience.

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Measles outbreak in Zimbabwe: An urgent rising concern

Cited by 9 publications

References 27 publications

Impact of COVID‐19 measures on the health and healthcare of children in East‐Africa: Scoping review

Impact of COVID‐19 measures on the health and healthcare of children in East‐Africa: Scoping review

Incentivized self-vaccination for global measles eradication

Declining trends in vaccine confidence across sub-Saharan Africa: A large-scale cross-sectional modeling study

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