Addressing the COVID-19 emergency during the ongoing political and economic crisis in Fragile Lebanon: a call to action

This Letter to the Editor aims to reflect on the current challenges to increase the coverage of COVID-19 vaccination in the fragile and conflict-affected setting of Lebanon, which is currently experiencing one of the biggest economic crises globally as well as a recent surge in COVID-19 cases. Addre...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Lobkowicz, Ludmila, Lahoud, Julien, Bou-Orm, Ibrahim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Letter to the Editor
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8414468/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34479582
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13031-021-00403-3
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Sumario:This Letter to the Editor aims to reflect on the current challenges to increase the coverage of COVID-19 vaccination in the fragile and conflict-affected setting of Lebanon, which is currently experiencing one of the biggest economic crises globally as well as a recent surge in COVID-19 cases. Addressing the supply- and demand-related factors affecting vaccination would increase COVID-19 vaccine coverage and prevent the complete collapse of an already overwhelmed Lebanese health care system.

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