The Impact of the Coronavirus Pandemic on Vaccination Coverage in Latin America and the Caribbean
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Methodology
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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DTPcv 1 | DTPcv3 | |||
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Variable | Median (IQR) | p-Value | Median (IQR) | p-Value |
Vaccine administration in school | ||||
Yes | −4.00 (−8.00; −1.00) | 0.98 | −3.00 (−8.00; −1.00) | 0.55 |
No | −3.00 (−6.00; −1.50) | −4.00 (−7.50; −1.50) | ||
School-closing policies | ||||
None/recommended | −2.50 (−3.75; −1.25) | 0.37 | −1.50 (−3.75; 0.00) | 0.06 |
Required | −3.00 (−7.25; −0.75) | −4.00 (−8.25; −1.75) | ||
Stay-at-home policies | ||||
None/recommended | −3.00 (−5.00; −2.00) | 0.60 | −3.00 (−6.00; −2.00) | 0.82 |
Required | −3.00 (−7.00; 0.00) | −4.00 (−8.00; −1.00) | ||
Closing of public transportation | ||||
None | −3.00 (−5.00; −1.00) | 0.95 | −2.00 (−4.00; −1.00) | 0.40 |
Recommended/required | −3.00 (−7.00; −1.00) | −4.00 (−8.00; −1.00) | ||
WB income group | ||||
High | −2.00 (−7.25; −1.00) | 0.57 | −2.00 (−4.75; −1.00) | 0.41 |
Middle | −4.00 (−7.25; −1.75) | −4.00 (−8.50; −2.00) | ||
GDP per capita | ||||
High | −1.85 (−4.00; −1.00) | 0.18 | −2.08 (−4.00; 0.00) | 0.14 |
Middle | −4.85 (−8.00; −1.00) | −5.15 (−8.00; −2.00) | ||
Low | −5.08 (−7.00; −3.00) | −5.46 (−10.00; −2.00) | ||
GINI index | ||||
Less unequal | −1.50 (−2.75; 0.75) | 0.04 * | −2.50 (−4.00; −1.25) | 0.54 |
More unequal | −5.00 (−7.00; −3.00) | −6.00 (−10.00; −1.00) | ||
SDIx 2021 | ||||
High | −2.00 (−7.00; 0.00) | 0.42 | −1.00 (−7.00; −1.00) | 0.65 |
Middle | −6.00 (−8.00; −1.00) | −4.00 (−8.25; −2.00) | ||
Low | −4.00 (−6.25; −2.75) | −6.00 (−10.50; −1.50) |
Vaccine | Timepoint, Scenario | Vaccine Coverage (%) | Q1 v Q5 Inequality Gap | ||||||
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Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Q5 | Setting Average | Absolute Gap | Relative Gap | ||
DTPcv1 | 2019 observed | 86.9 | 91.9 | 82.5 | 87.3 | 91.5 | 86.0 | −4.6 | 0.95 |
2021 predicted | 86.2 | 85.8 | 82.6 | 92.4 | 89.8 | 84.7 | −3.6 | 0.96 | |
2021 observed | 82.4 | 80.9 | 80.6 | 93.1 | 91.9 | 82.5 | −9.5 | 0.90 | |
DTPcv3 | 2019 observed | 76.7 | 87.1 | 75.3 | 84.0 | 92.4 | 79.8 | −15.7 | 0.83 |
2021 predicted | 75.5 | 82.9 | 75.7 | 86.8 | 90.9 | 77.8 | −15.4 | 0.83 | |
2021 observed | 72.8 | 73.6 | 75.1 | 85.1 | 90.3 | 75.9 | −17.5 | 0.81 |
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Castro-Aguirre, I.E.; Alvarez, D.; Contreras, M.; Trumbo, S.P.; Mujica, O.J.; Salas Peraza, D.; Velandia-González, M. The Impact of the Coronavirus Pandemic on Vaccination Coverage in Latin America and the Caribbean. Vaccines 2024, 12, 458. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines12050458
Castro-Aguirre IE, Alvarez D, Contreras M, Trumbo SP, Mujica OJ, Salas Peraza D, Velandia-González M. The Impact of the Coronavirus Pandemic on Vaccination Coverage in Latin America and the Caribbean. Vaccines. 2024; 12(5):458. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines12050458
Chicago/Turabian StyleCastro-Aguirre, Ignacio E., Dan Alvarez, Marcela Contreras, Silas P. Trumbo, Oscar J. Mujica, Daniel Salas Peraza, and Martha Velandia-González. 2024. "The Impact of the Coronavirus Pandemic on Vaccination Coverage in Latin America and the Caribbean" Vaccines 12, no. 5: 458. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines12050458
APA StyleCastro-Aguirre, I. E., Alvarez, D., Contreras, M., Trumbo, S. P., Mujica, O. J., Salas Peraza, D., & Velandia-González, M. (2024). The Impact of the Coronavirus Pandemic on Vaccination Coverage in Latin America and the Caribbean. Vaccines, 12(5), 458. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines12050458