New Delhi: India has made extraordinary progress on COVID-19 Vaccination In the short run but the next billions will need to reach a poor segment of the population for vaccination, for whom the main barriers to vaccine access may include knowledge, awareness, proximity and convenience. world Bank Said.
“A greater focus on these aspects of last-mile service delivery may hold the key to bringing the pandemic one step closer,” the World Bank said. economists Aarushi Bhatnagar and Owen Smith said in a blog. From the efforts of frontline workers to the rollout of an innovative technology platform, the vaccine campaign to protect India’s population from the virus has been an impressive all-round achievement. but the arrival of omicron The variant has added more urgency to the COVID vaccination efforts across the world, and therefore it will be even more important to maintain the momentum achieved so far, it said.
Citing the data, the blog said the findings suggest that vaccine hesitancy is no longer a major obstacle, if it really ever was. The blog said that the share of households saying they were unwilling to receive a COVID vaccine if it was offered free of charge by the government, declined from 14% in January to less than 3% by August done.
It said the survey findings also highlighted the gaps that still remain. “The share of households reporting at least one member’s vaccination increased from 17.5% in April to 70.4% in August. As per administrative data, there are significant differences in vaccination rates across states,” according to the blog.
The blog notes that the findings point to other potential barriers to widespread vaccine access. There are significant differences in vaccine coverage between urban and rural areas (66% vs 52%) and those with and without mobile Internet access (59% vs 51%).
“A greater focus on these aspects of last-mile service delivery may hold the key to bringing the pandemic one step closer,” the World Bank said. economists Aarushi Bhatnagar and Owen Smith said in a blog. From the efforts of frontline workers to the rollout of an innovative technology platform, the vaccine campaign to protect India’s population from the virus has been an impressive all-round achievement. but the arrival of omicron The variant has added more urgency to the COVID vaccination efforts across the world, and therefore it will be even more important to maintain the momentum achieved so far, it said.
Citing the data, the blog said the findings suggest that vaccine hesitancy is no longer a major obstacle, if it really ever was. The blog said that the share of households saying they were unwilling to receive a COVID vaccine if it was offered free of charge by the government, declined from 14% in January to less than 3% by August done.
It said the survey findings also highlighted the gaps that still remain. “The share of households reporting at least one member’s vaccination increased from 17.5% in April to 70.4% in August. As per administrative data, there are significant differences in vaccination rates across states,” according to the blog.
The blog notes that the findings point to other potential barriers to widespread vaccine access. There are significant differences in vaccine coverage between urban and rural areas (66% vs 52%) and those with and without mobile Internet access (59% vs 51%).
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