Reaching the “Last Mile”: describing community clinics implemented to increase COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Peel region, Canada
Almost 100,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine were administered in community clinics, which contributed to increased overall vaccine coverage in Peel region. A slightly higher proportion of first doses were administered in community clinics compared to fixed clinics and a higher proportion of doses to residents of low-coverage areas.
Authors
- Nancy Ramuscak
- Shaza A. Fadel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2336-6254)
- Stephanie Davis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6057-9382)
- Subrana Rahman
- Nazia Peer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1961-6847)
- Anthony Reid (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1842-6520)
- Jimmy Bok Yan So (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9772-7905)
- Monali Varia
- Erica Di Ruggiero (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8935-7908)
- Elizabeth Estey Noad
- Dannielle Nicholson-Baker
Institutions
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Public Health Ontario (CA)
- Centre for Global Health Research (CA)
- Médecins Sans Frontières (LU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2025-05-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-23041-3
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.17
Funders
- World Health Organization
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada