Disruptions to childhood immunisation due to the COVID-19 pandemic

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¹ London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, WC1E 7HT, UK. Electronic address: kaja.abbas@lshtm.ac.uk.
² International Vaccine Institute, Seoul, South Korea.

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Kaja Abbas et al. Lancet. 2021.

. 2021 Aug 7;398(10299):469-471.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01418-5. Epub 2021 Jul 17.

¹ London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, WC1E 7HT, UK. Electronic address: kaja.abbas@lshtm.ac.uk.
² International Vaccine Institute, Seoul, South Korea.

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Mapping routine measles vaccination in low- and middle-income countries.
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