The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted routine childhood immunization coverage for many vaccine-preventable diseases at the global, regional and national levels. In Pakistan, more than 40 million children were unable to receive measles vaccination and around 50 million children missed polio vaccination in 2020. Moreover, more than 36 million children did not receive vitamin A supplementation in 2020. Implementing catch-up vaccination services to prevent outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases, particularly polio and measles, in malnourished children is urgently required to prevent a global resurgence of these deadly diseases. Muhammad Suleman Rana and colleagues from the National Institute of Health in Pakistan discuss the urgent need to implement catch-up vaccination programmes for measles and polio to prevent resurgence of these deadly diseases.

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COVID-19 大流行对儿童常规免疫接种的负面影响：来自巴基斯坦的经验

COVID-19 大流行破坏了全球、区域和国家层面对许多疫苗可预防疾病的常规儿童免疫覆盖。在巴基斯坦，2020 年有超过 4000 万儿童无法接种麻疹疫苗，约 5000 万儿童未接种脊髓灰质炎疫苗。此外，2020 年有超过 3600 万儿童没有接受补充维生素 A。实施补种疫苗服务以预防疫情迫切需要在营养不良的儿童中预防疫苗可预防的疾病，特别是脊髓灰质炎和麻疹，以防止这些致命疾病在全球再次流行。巴基斯坦国家卫生研究所的 Muhammad Suleman Rana 及其同事讨论了实施麻疹和脊髓灰质炎补种疫苗计划的紧迫性，以防止这些致命疾病的复发。