Considerations for integrating COVID-19 vaccination into immunization programmes and primary health care for 2022 and beyond

• Author(s): World Health Organization, United Nations Children's Fund,
• Publisher: World Health Organization
• Pages: 50
• ISBN_10: 9240064451
  ISBN_13: 9789240064454
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Medical / Immunology ,

Description:... 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.