Coverage rates of the children vaccination programme in Greenland

• Published in: International Journal of Circumpolar Health
• Main Authors: Nadja Albertsen, Anna Rask Lynge, Nils Skovgaard, Jesper Søndergaard Olesen, Michael Lynge Pedersen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2020
• Subjects: vaccinations; greenland; arctic; tuberculosis; measles; hpv; children; who; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Greenland; Nuuk; Calmette; Circumpolar Health; International Journal of Circumpolar Health
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2020.1721983; https://doaj.org/article/fbd7f0ad55f242128017b24baa0af752

In order to estimate the current coverage rate among all children in Greenland, we conducted an observational cross-sectional study identifying all children in Greenland eligible for a vaccination between 1 March 2018 and 16 June 2019. we found an overall national coverage of 85.4%. The national cov...