Enablers and Barriers to the Scaling Up of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine in India During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study

• Main Authors: Rhythm Hora (Author), Arindam Ray (Author), Rashmi Mehra (Author), Tanwi Priya (Author), Seema Singh Koshal (Author), Pankaj Agrawal (Author), Amanjot Kaur (Author), Syed F Quadri (Author), Arup Deb Roy (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2023-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Pneumonia is one of the leading causes of death in under-5 children in India. This led the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW) in India to decide for the nationwide roll-out of the Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV). However, the introduction of PCV became more complex in t...