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01-02-2022 | COVID-19 Vaccination | Correspondence

Ensuring global access to COVID-19 vaccines: deployment strategies for refugees and migrants must not be forgotten

Authors: Danilo Buonsenso, Ulrich von Both

Published in: Infection | Issue 1/2022

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World Health Organization (WHO) estimated 1 billion migrants in the world today of whom 258 million are international and 763 million internal migrants [1]. Migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers may be both more affected by and vulnerable to the spread of COVID-19. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, vulnerabilities of this group have exacerbated since many of them are living in crowded refugee camps or difficult housing conditions with limited means and opportunities to implement personal hygiene and social distancing. Consequently, COVID-19 outbreaks among this population can have devastating impact and have already been reported [2]. …
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Title
Ensuring global access to COVID-19 vaccines: deployment strategies for refugees and migrants must not be forgotten
Authors
Danilo Buonsenso
Ulrich von Both
Publication date
01-02-2022
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Infection / Issue 1/2022
Print ISSN: 0300-8126
Electronic ISSN: 1439-0973
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-021-01631-8

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