Estimated number of lives directly saved by COVID-19 vaccination programmes in the WHO European Region from December, 2020, to March, 2023: a retrospective surveillance study.

Estimated number of lives directly saved by COVID-19 vaccination programmes in the WHO European Region from December, 2020, to March, 2023: a retrospective surveillance study. [1]

Effectiveness and safety of vaccines, medicines and health products - Quality of medical laboratories [2]

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Authors

Margaux M I Meslé [3]; Jeremy Brown [4]; Piers Mook [5]; Mark A Katz [6]; José Hagan [7]; Roberta Pastore [8]; Benka, Bernhard [9]; Monika Redlberger-Fritz [10]; Nathalie Bossuyt [11]; Veerle Stouten [12]; Catharina Vernemmen [13]; Elisabet Constantinou [14]; Marek Maly [15]; Jan Kynčl [16]; Ondrej Sanca [17]; Tyra Grove Krause [18]; Lasse Skafte Vestergaard [19]; Tuija Leino [20]; Poukka, Eero [21]; Gkolfinopoulou, Kassiani [22]; Mellou, Kassiani [23]; Maria Tsintziloni [24]; Zsuzsanna Molnár [25]; Gudrun Aspelund [26]; Marianna Thordardottir [27]; Domegan, Lisa [28]; Kelly, Eva [29]; Joan O'Donell [30]; Urdiales, Alberto-Mateo [31]; Riccardo, Flavia [32]; Sacco, Chiara [33]; Bumšteinas, Viktoras [34]; Rasa Liausediene [35]; Mossong, Joel [36]; Vergison, Anne [37]; Maria-Louise Borg [38]; Tanya Melillo [39]; Dragan Kocinski [40]; Pollozhani, Enkela [41]; Hinta Meijerink [42]; Diana Costa [43]; João Paulo Gomes [44]; Pedro Pinto Leite [45]; Alina Druc [46]; Gutu, Veaceslav [47]; Valentin Mita [48]; Mihaela Lazar [49]; Rodica Popescu [50]; Odette Popovici [51]; Monika Musilová [52]; Maja Mrzel [53]; Maja Socan [54]; Veronika Učakar [55]; Aurora Limia [56]; Clara Mazagatos [57]; Carmen Olmedo [58]; Gavin Dabrera [59]; Kall, Meaghan [60]; Sinnathamby, Mary [61]; Graham McGowan [62]; Jim McMenamin [63]; Kirsty Morrison [64]; Dorit Nitzan [65]; Marc-Alain Widdowson [66]; Catherine Smallwood [67]; Richard Pebody [68]

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Abstract:

BACKGROUND: By March, 2023, 54 countries, areas, and territories (hereafter CAT) in the WHO European Region had reported more than 2·2 million COVID-19-related deaths to the WHO Regional Office for Europe. Here, we estimated how many lives were directly saved by vaccinating adults in the WHO European Region from December, 2020, to March, 2023. METHODS: In this retrospective surveillance study, we estimated the number of lives directly saved by age group, vaccine dose, and circulating variant-of-concern (VOC) period, regionally and nationally, using weekly data on COVID-19 mortality and i…

Associated health topics:

Acute respiratory tract infection [83]