Vaccination coverage survey and seroprevalence among forcibly displaced Rohingya children, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, 2018: A cross-sectional study.
Leora R FeldsteinSarah D BennettConcepción F EstívarizGretchen M CooleyLauren WeilMallick Masum BillahM Salim UzzamanRajendra BoharaMaya VandenentJucy Merina AdhikariEva LeidmanMainul HasanSaifuddin AkhtarAndreas HasmanLaura ConklinDaniel C EhlmanA AlamgirMeerjady Sabrina FloraPublished in: PLoS medicine (2020)
In this study, we observed that despite multiple vaccination campaigns, immunity gaps exist among children in MSs, particularly for diphtheria, which requires serial vaccinations to achieve maximum protection. Therefore, an additional tetanus-diphtheria campaign may be warranted in MSs to address these remaining immunity gaps. Rapid scale-up and strengthening of routine immunization services to reach children and to deliver missed doses to older children is also critically needed to close immunity gaps and prevent future outbreaks.