Prospects of COVID-19 Vaccination in Romania: Challenges and Potential Solutions

Frontiers in Public Health

Emilian Damian Popovici¹  Razvan Mircea Chereches²  Stefan Dascalu³  Oana Geambasu⁴  Ovidiu Covaciu⁵  Gabriel Diaconu⁶  Valeriu Gheorghita⁷  Gindrovel Gheorghe Dumitra⁸ 

[1] Department of Epidemiology, Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania;Department of Public Health, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania;Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom;Avian Influenza Group, The Pirbright Institute, Pirbright, United Kingdom;Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States;Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, University Hospital, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany;Healthy Romanian Coalition, Bucharest, Romania;Mindcare Centre for Excellency in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Bucharest, Romania;Romanian COVID-19 Vaccine Strategy Committee, Bucharest, Romania;Central Military Emergency Hospital, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania;Romanian National Society of Family Medicine, Bucharest, Romania;

关键词: COVID-19;    Romania;    vaccination;    communication;    public health;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpubh.2021.644538

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

The rapid advancement in vaccine development represents a critical milestone that will help humanity tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the success of these efforts is not guaranteed, as it relies on the outcomes of national and international vaccination strategies. In this article, we highlight some of the challenges that Romania will face and propose a set of solutions to overcome them. With this in mind, we discuss issues such as the infrastructure of vaccine storage and delivery, the deployment and administration of immunisations, and the public acceptance of vaccines. The ways in which Romanian society will respond to a national COVID-19 vaccination campaign will be contingent on appropriate and timely actions. As many of the problems encountered in Romania are not unique, the proposed recommendations could be adapted and implemented in other countries that face similar issues, thereby informing better practices in the management of the COVID-19 pandemic.

【 授权许可】

CC BY