Challenges in the equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines for migrant populations in Europe

Benedetta Armocida¹, Beatrice Formenti^{2

3

4}, Eduardo Missoni^{2

5}, Clelia D'Apice^{2

6}, Valentina Marchese³, Marzia Calvi², Francesco Castelli^{3

4}, Silvia Ussai^{2

7

8}

Affiliations

¹ Institute for Maternal and Child Health - IRCCS "Burlo Garofolo" - Trieste, Italy.
² Saluteglobale.it Associazione di Promozione Sociale, Brescia, Italy.
³ Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, University of Brescia and ASST Spedali Civili of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
⁴ UNESCO Chair "Training and empowering human resources for health development in resource-limited countries" of University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
⁵ Center for Research on Health and Social Care Management (CERGAS), Bocconi University, Milan, Italy.
⁶ Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.
⁷ World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva, Switzerland.
⁸ Fondazione "G. Gulotta", Florence, Italy.

Review

Benedetta Armocida et al. Lancet Reg Health Eur. 2021 Jul.

. 2021 Jul:6:100147.

doi: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2021.100147. Epub 2021 Jun 5.

Benedetta Armocida¹, Beatrice Formenti^{2

3

4}, Eduardo Missoni^{2

5}, Clelia D'Apice^{2

6}, Valentina Marchese³, Marzia Calvi², Francesco Castelli^{3

4}, Silvia Ussai^{2

7

8}

¹ Institute for Maternal and Child Health - IRCCS "Burlo Garofolo" - Trieste, Italy.
² Saluteglobale.it Associazione di Promozione Sociale, Brescia, Italy.
³ Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, University of Brescia and ASST Spedali Civili of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
⁴ UNESCO Chair "Training and empowering human resources for health development in resource-limited countries" of University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
⁵ Center for Research on Health and Social Care Management (CERGAS), Bocconi University, Milan, Italy.
⁶ Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.
⁷ World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva, Switzerland.
⁸ Fondazione "G. Gulotta", Florence, Italy.

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Conflict of interest statement

We have read and understood the Lancet Regional Health - Europe policy on declaration of interests and have no relevant interests to declare.

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