COVID-19 Aftershocks: Secondary impacts threaten more children's lives than disease itself

As many as 30 million children are at risk of disease and death because of the secondary impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. World Vision’s Aftershocks report considers what would happen if the devastating secondary impacts of the 2015-2016 Ebola outbreak on children were replicated in the 24 most fragile countries covered by the UN’s COVID-19 humanitarian appeal. “We are wrong if we think this is not a children’s disease. Experience tells us that when epidemics overwhelm health systems, the impact on children is deadly. They are the most vulnerable as other diseases and malnutrition go untreated,” says Andrew Morley, World Vision International President and CEO. “COVID-19 has become a devastating pandemic, but the secondary impacts will likely be a lot worse for children in fragile contexts.” KEY FINDINGS: Secondary impacts will threaten many more children’s lives than COVID-19 itself. As many as 30 million children’s lives are in danger from secondary health impacts such as deadly diseases like malaria, a lack of immunisation, or increased malnutrition, as health systems are overwhelmed by COVID-19 patients.

Potential impact of COVID-19 pandemic on vaccination coverage in children: A case study of measles-containing vaccine administration in the United States (US)
- Author: Craig S. Roberts, Cristina Carias, James H. Conway, Lyn Finelli, Manjiri Pawaskar, Mawuli Nyaku, Ya-Ting Chen
- Published: 2021
- Tags: COVID-19

How COVID-19 Has Impacted U.S. Adolescent and Adult Vaccine Utilization
- Author: Alex Trost, Joanna Young, Loren Becker, Shruthi Donthi
- Published: 2021
- Tags: COVID-19
Routine childhood immunisation during the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa: a benefit–risk analysis of health benefits versus excess risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection
- Author: Andrew Clark, Dan Hogan, Emily Dansereau, Kaja Abbas, Kevin van Zandvoort, Mark Jit, Sebastian Funk, Simon R Procter, Stefan Flasche, Tewodaj Mengistu
- Published: 2020
- Tags: Missed opportunities for vaccination (MOV), COVID-19

Provision of Pediatric Immunization Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic: an Assessment of Capacity Among Pediatric Immunization Providers Participating in the Vaccines for Children Program — United States, May 2020
- Author: Bayo Arthur, Brock Lamont, Carla Black, Fan Zhang, Michelle Banks, Paul Lucas, Tara M. Vogt, Yoonjae Kang
- Published: 2020
- Tags: COVID-19

COVID-19: Impact on routine childhood vaccination uptake in Australia A report by the National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance using data from the Australian Immunisation Register
- Author: National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance
- Published: 2020
- Tags: COVID-19, Coverage monitoring

The performance of routine immunization in selected African countries during the first six months of the COVID-19 pandemic
- Author: Abubacar N’Diaye, Alain Poy, Balcha Girma Masresha, Bernard Ntsama, Jethro Chakauya, Messeret Eshetu Shibeshi, Richard Luce Jr, Richard Mihigo
- Published: 2020
- Tags: COVID-19, Coverage monitoring

Early impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and physical distancing measures on routine childhood vaccinations in England, January to April 2020
- Author: Charlotte Knowles, Chris Bates, Elise Tessier, Helen I McDonald, J Anthony Scott, Jemma L Walker, Joanne M White, Joanne Yarwood, John Parry, Liam Smeeth, Mary Ramsay, Matthew Woodruff, Michael Edelstein
- Published: 2020
- Tags: COVID-19

Decline in child vaccination coverage during the COVID-19 pandemic - Michigan Care Improvement Registry, May 2016-May 2020
- Author: Angela K Shen, Cristi A Bramer, Jeremy Kuo, Lisa A Jacques-Carroll, Lynsey M Kimmins, Patricia Vranesich, Robert Swanson
- Published: 2020
- Tags: COVID-19, Coverage monitoring

Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Routine Pediatric Vaccine Ordering and Administration — United States, 2020
- Author: Ben Herring, Cameron Noblit, Elyse O. Kharbanda, Eric Weintraub, Jeanne M. Santoli, Jeanne Tropper, Julianne Gee, Lisa Galloway, Malini B. DeSilva, Matthew F. Daley, Megan C. Lindley, Mick Glover, Paul Lucas, Tara Vogt, Yoonjae Kang
- Published: 2020
- Tags: COVID-19

Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on routine immunisation in Karachi, Pakistan
- Author: Aamir Javed Khan, Danya Arif Siddiqi, Hamidreza Setayesh, Subhash Chandir
- Published: 2020
- Tags: COVID-19

Impact of COVID-19 pandemic response on uptake of routine immunizations in Sindh, Pakistan: An analysis of provincial electronic immunization registry data
- Author: Amna Mirza, Danya Arif Siddiqi, et al., Hamidreza Setayesh, Mariam Mehmood, Muhammad Siddique, Riswana Soundardjee, Subhash Chandir, Vijay Kumar Dharma
- Published: 2020
- Tags: COVID-19

Impact of COVID-19 on Routine Immunization, Liberia Case Study
- Author: Adolphus Trokon Clarke
- Published: 2020
- Tags: COVID-19

Effect of COVID-19 on routine immunization schedule in Senegalese hospitals
- Author: Abou Ba, Amadou Lamine Fall, Amadou Sow, Djibril Boiro, Idrissa Demba Ba , Modou Gueye, Ousmane Ndiaye, Papa Moctar Faye
- Published: 2020
- Tags: COVID-19

Addressing disruptions in childhood routine immunisation services during the COVID-19 pandemic: perspectives and lessons learned from Liberia, Nepal, and Senegal
- Author: Bonheur Dounebaine, Adolphus T Clarke, Aliou Diallo, Anna Ellis, Daouda M Gueye, David E Phillips, Gloria Ikilezi, Jhalak S Guatam, Kyle Muther, Kyra Hester, Matthew C Freeman, Moussa Sarr, Nancy Fullman, Nathaniel Gerthe, Rajesh Man Rajbhandari, Robert A Bednarczyk, Sameer M Dixit, Souleymane Mboup, T. Ruston Yarnko
- Published: 2021
- Tags: COVID-19

Polio in Afghanistan: The Current Situation amid COVID-19
- Author: Attaullah Ahmadi, Don Eliseo Lucero-Prisno, Mohammad Yasir Essar, Xu Lin, Yusuff Adebayo Adebisi
- Published: 2020
- Tags: COVID-19

Potential impact of COVID-19 pandemic on vaccination coverage in children: A case study of measles-containing vaccine administration in the United States (US)
- Author: Craig S. Roberts, Cristina Carias, James H. Conway, Lyn Finelli, Manjiri Pawaskar, Mawuli Nyaku, Ya-Ting Chen
- Published: 2021
- Tags: COVID-19

How COVID-19 Has Impacted U.S. Adolescent and Adult Vaccine Utilization
- Author: Alex Trost, Joanna Young, Loren Becker, Shruthi Donthi
- Published: 2021
- Tags: COVID-19
Routine childhood immunisation during the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa: a benefit–risk analysis of health benefits versus excess risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection
- Author: Andrew Clark, Dan Hogan, Emily Dansereau, Kaja Abbas, Kevin van Zandvoort, Mark Jit, Sebastian Funk, Simon R Procter, Stefan Flasche, Tewodaj Mengistu
- Published: 2020
- Tags: Missed opportunities for vaccination (MOV), COVID-19

Provision of Pediatric Immunization Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic: an Assessment of Capacity Among Pediatric Immunization Providers Participating in the Vaccines for Children Program — United States, May 2020
- Author: Bayo Arthur, Brock Lamont, Carla Black, Fan Zhang, Michelle Banks, Paul Lucas, Tara M. Vogt, Yoonjae Kang
- Published: 2020
- Tags: COVID-19

COVID-19: Impact on routine childhood vaccination uptake in Australia A report by the National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance using data from the Australian Immunisation Register
- Author: National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance
- Published: 2020
- Tags: COVID-19, Coverage monitoring

The performance of routine immunization in selected African countries during the first six months of the COVID-19 pandemic
- Author: Abubacar N’Diaye, Alain Poy, Balcha Girma Masresha, Bernard Ntsama, Jethro Chakauya, Messeret Eshetu Shibeshi, Richard Luce Jr, Richard Mihigo
- Published: 2020
- Tags: COVID-19, Coverage monitoring

Early impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and physical distancing measures on routine childhood vaccinations in England, January to April 2020
- Author: Charlotte Knowles, Chris Bates, Elise Tessier, Helen I McDonald, J Anthony Scott, Jemma L Walker, Joanne M White, Joanne Yarwood, John Parry, Liam Smeeth, Mary Ramsay, Matthew Woodruff, Michael Edelstein
- Published: 2020
- Tags: COVID-19

Decline in child vaccination coverage during the COVID-19 pandemic - Michigan Care Improvement Registry, May 2016-May 2020
- Author: Angela K Shen, Cristi A Bramer, Jeremy Kuo, Lisa A Jacques-Carroll, Lynsey M Kimmins, Patricia Vranesich, Robert Swanson
- Published: 2020
- Tags: COVID-19, Coverage monitoring

Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Routine Pediatric Vaccine Ordering and Administration — United States, 2020
- Author: Ben Herring, Cameron Noblit, Elyse O. Kharbanda, Eric Weintraub, Jeanne M. Santoli, Jeanne Tropper, Julianne Gee, Lisa Galloway, Malini B. DeSilva, Matthew F. Daley, Megan C. Lindley, Mick Glover, Paul Lucas, Tara Vogt, Yoonjae Kang
- Published: 2020
- Tags: COVID-19

Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on routine immunisation in Karachi, Pakistan
- Author: Aamir Javed Khan, Danya Arif Siddiqi, Hamidreza Setayesh, Subhash Chandir
- Published: 2020
- Tags: COVID-19

Impact of COVID-19 pandemic response on uptake of routine immunizations in Sindh, Pakistan: An analysis of provincial electronic immunization registry data
- Author: Amna Mirza, Danya Arif Siddiqi, et al., Hamidreza Setayesh, Mariam Mehmood, Muhammad Siddique, Riswana Soundardjee, Subhash Chandir, Vijay Kumar Dharma
- Published: 2020
- Tags: COVID-19

Impact of COVID-19 on Routine Immunization, Liberia Case Study
- Author: Adolphus Trokon Clarke
- Published: 2020
- Tags: COVID-19

Effect of COVID-19 on routine immunization schedule in Senegalese hospitals
- Author: Abou Ba, Amadou Lamine Fall, Amadou Sow, Djibril Boiro, Idrissa Demba Ba , Modou Gueye, Ousmane Ndiaye, Papa Moctar Faye
- Published: 2020
- Tags: COVID-19

Addressing disruptions in childhood routine immunisation services during the COVID-19 pandemic: perspectives and lessons learned from Liberia, Nepal, and Senegal
- Author: Bonheur Dounebaine, Adolphus T Clarke, Aliou Diallo, Anna Ellis, Daouda M Gueye, David E Phillips, Gloria Ikilezi, Jhalak S Guatam, Kyle Muther, Kyra Hester, Matthew C Freeman, Moussa Sarr, Nancy Fullman, Nathaniel Gerthe, Rajesh Man Rajbhandari, Robert A Bednarczyk, Sameer M Dixit, Souleymane Mboup, T. Ruston Yarnko
- Published: 2021
- Tags: COVID-19

Polio in Afghanistan: The Current Situation amid COVID-19
- Author: Attaullah Ahmadi, Don Eliseo Lucero-Prisno, Mohammad Yasir Essar, Xu Lin, Yusuff Adebayo Adebisi
- Published: 2020
- Tags: COVID-19