COVID-19 vaccination amongst persons experiencing homelessness: practices and learnings from UK, Canada and the US

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Clinical Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK. Electronic address: v.paudyal@bham.ac.uk.
² Institute for Research, Quality, and Policy in Homeless Health Care, Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program, Boston, MA, USA.
³ MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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V Paudyal et al. Public Health. 2021 Oct.

. 2021 Oct:199:e2-e3.

doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2021.08.015. Epub 2021 Sep 1.

¹ Institute of Clinical Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK. Electronic address: v.paudyal@bham.ac.uk.
² Institute for Research, Quality, and Policy in Homeless Health Care, Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program, Boston, MA, USA.
³ MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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COVID-19 and homelessness: when crises intersect.
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