Considerations for Integrating COVID-19 Vaccination into Immunization Programmes and Primary Health Care for 2022 and Beyond.

Bibliographic Details
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Geneva : World Health Organization, 2023.
Edition:1st ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Acknowledgements
  • Acronyms and abbreviations
  • Background
  • Objectives of this document
  • Target audience
  • Rationale for integrating COVID-19 vaccination
  • Proposed definition and principles of integrating COVID-19 vaccination into immunization programmes and PHC
  • Benefits and risks of integrating COVID-19 vaccination
  • Step 1 Initiating/building on the integration process
  • How to operationalize integration of COVID-19 vaccination at national and subnational level
  • Step 2 Planning and preparatory phase: develop a country-level COVID-19 vaccination integration plan
  • Step 3 Implementation and monitoring
  • Step 4 Post-integration follow-up actions
  • References
  • Annex 1. Methods for the development of this operational document
  • Annex 2. Country examples of integration of COVID-19 by health system building block
  • Annex 3. Checklist for the COVID-19 vaccine integration readiness assessment.