Childhood immunisations in India during the COVID-19 pandemic

Affiliations

¹ International Vaccine Access Center, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
² Amputee Coalition of America, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA.
³ Unit of Infectious Diseases, St John's Research Institute, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
⁴ Bal Umang Drishya Sanstha (BUDS), New Delhi, India.
⁵ Indian Academy of Pediatrics, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

Editorial

Anita Shet et al. BMJ Paediatr Open. 2021.

. 2021 Apr 14;5(1):e001061.

doi: 10.1136/bmjpo-2021-001061. eCollection 2021.

¹ International Vaccine Access Center, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
² Amputee Coalition of America, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA.
³ Unit of Infectious Diseases, St John's Research Institute, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
⁴ Bal Umang Drishya Sanstha (BUDS), New Delhi, India.
⁵ Indian Academy of Pediatrics, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; epidemiology; health services research.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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