Pandemic lessons from India: inappropriate prioritisation for vaccination

Peter Lloyd-Sherlock; Nidheesh Manee Kandiyil; Martin McKee; Arokiasamy Perianayagam; Sridhar Venkatapuram; Soumitra Pathare; Aravinda Meera Guntupali; Ramesh Kumar K; Soumitra Ghosh

doi:10.1136/bmj.n1464

Pandemic lessons from India: inappropriate prioritisation for vaccination

Peter Lloyd-Sherlock
, Nidheesh Manee Kandiyil
, Martin McKee
, Arokiasamy Perianayagam
, Sridhar Venkatapuram
, Soumitra Pathare
, Aravinda Meera Guntupali
, Ramesh Kumar K
, Soumitra Ghosh

Applied Health Sciences

University of East Anglia
Tata Institute of Social Sciences
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
International Institute for Population Sciences
King's College London
Centre for Mental Health Law and Policy
Alagappa University

Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

2 Citations (Scopus)

11 Downloads (Pure)

Abstract

We welcome Reddy’s editorial on covid-19 in India,1 but want to emphasise one further issue: how India’s national government has inappropriately prioritised people for covid-19 vaccination.In January 2021, India’s vaccination programme began with health professionals and “frontline workers.” In March, it was extended to people aged 60 or over and those aged 45 or over with comorbidities, and in April to anyone aged 45 or over. From 1 May, vaccine entitlement was extended to all people aged 18 or over, although people …

Original language	English
Article number	n1464
Number of pages	1
Journal	BMJ
Volume	373
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n1464
Publication status	Published - 9 Jun 2021

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Access to Document

10.1136/bmj.n1464Licence: Other

Lloyd_etal_BMJ_Pandemic_Lessons_From_VoR
This article is made freely available for use in accordance with BMJ's website terms and conditions for the duration of the covid-19 pandemic or until otherwise determined by BMJ. You may use, download and print the article for any lawful, non-commercial purpose (including text and data mining) provided that all copyright notices and trade marks are retained. https://bmj.com/coronavirus/usage
Final published version, 139 KBLicence: Other

Cite this

@article{f62cedb069a94ee894664253bdec4e88,

title = "Pandemic lessons from India: inappropriate prioritisation for vaccination",

abstract = "We welcome Reddy{\textquoteright}s editorial on covid-19 in India,1 but want to emphasise one further issue: how India{\textquoteright}s national government has inappropriately prioritised people for covid-19 vaccination.In January 2021, India{\textquoteright}s vaccination programme began with health professionals and {\textquotedblleft}frontline workers.{\textquotedblright} In March, it was extended to people aged 60 or over and those aged 45 or over with comorbidities, and in April to anyone aged 45 or over. From 1 May, vaccine entitlement was extended to all people aged 18 or over, although people …",

author = "Peter Lloyd-Sherlock and Kandiyil, \{Nidheesh Manee\} and Martin McKee and Arokiasamy Perianayagam and Sridhar Venkatapuram and Soumitra Pathare and Guntupali, \{Aravinda Meera\} and \{Kumar K\}, Ramesh and Soumitra Ghosh",

year = "2021",

month = jun,

day = "9",

doi = "10.1136/bmj.n1464",

language = "English",

volume = "373",

journal = "BMJ",

issn = "0959-8146",

publisher = "BMJ Publishing Group",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Pandemic lessons from India

T2 - inappropriate prioritisation for vaccination

AU - Lloyd-Sherlock, Peter

AU - Kandiyil, Nidheesh Manee

AU - McKee, Martin

AU - Perianayagam, Arokiasamy

AU - Venkatapuram, Sridhar

AU - Pathare, Soumitra

AU - Guntupali, Aravinda Meera

AU - Kumar K, Ramesh

AU - Ghosh, Soumitra

PY - 2021/6/9

Y1 - 2021/6/9

N2 - We welcome Reddy’s editorial on covid-19 in India,1 but want to emphasise one further issue: how India’s national government has inappropriately prioritised people for covid-19 vaccination.In January 2021, India’s vaccination programme began with health professionals and “frontline workers.” In March, it was extended to people aged 60 or over and those aged 45 or over with comorbidities, and in April to anyone aged 45 or over. From 1 May, vaccine entitlement was extended to all people aged 18 or over, although people …

AB - We welcome Reddy’s editorial on covid-19 in India,1 but want to emphasise one further issue: how India’s national government has inappropriately prioritised people for covid-19 vaccination.In January 2021, India’s vaccination programme began with health professionals and “frontline workers.” In March, it was extended to people aged 60 or over and those aged 45 or over with comorbidities, and in April to anyone aged 45 or over. From 1 May, vaccine entitlement was extended to all people aged 18 or over, although people …

U2 - 10.1136/bmj.n1464

DO - 10.1136/bmj.n1464

M3 - Letter

SN - 0959-8146

VL - 373

JO - BMJ

JF - BMJ

M1 - n1464

ER -

Pandemic lessons from India: inappropriate prioritisation for vaccination

Abstract

UN SDGs

Access to Document

Fingerprint

Cite this