TY - JOUR AU - Mburu, C.N. AU - Ojal, J. AU - Chebet, R. AU - Akech, D. AU - Karia, B. AU - Tuju, J. AU - Sigilai, A. AU - Abbas, K. AU - Jit, Mark AU - Funk, Sebastian AU - Smits, G. AU - van Gageldonk, P. G.M. AU - van der Klis, F. R.M. AU - Tabu, C. AU - Scott, JAG AU - CMMID COVID-19 Working Group AU - Nokes, D. James AU - Flasche, Stefan AU - Adetifa, I.M.O. PY - 2021 DA - February TI - The importance of supplementary immunisation activities to prevent measles outbreaks during the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya JO - BMC Medicine VL - 19 IS - 1 DO - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-021-01906-9 AB - Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted routine measles immunisation and supplementary immunisation activities (SIAs) in most countries including Kenya. We assessed the risk of measles outbreaks during the pandemic in Kenya as a case study for the African Region. PB - Springer Nature UR - https://www.research.ed.ac.uk/en/publications/13a8bc97-bfdc-480e-8ea8-8208e0de138b KW - Coronavirus (COVID-19) KW - Immunisation and screening ER