2022 COVID-19 Vaccination in Humanitarian Settings Report

Overview

Nearly 1/3 of the world’s population lives in countries affected by humanitarian crises, and although COVID-19 vaccination in humanitarian settings has improved through 2022, multiple challenges remain. The Global COVID-19 Vaccination Strategy updated in mid-2022, emphasized the need to build momentum to reduce mortality and morbidity, protect health systems and resume socio-economic activities. Targets include reaching 100% of health care workers, 100% of the elderly population (60+) and other priority at-risk groups completing the primary series and booster doses of COVID-19 vaccination, as well as achieving broader population immunity of 70% coverage. To uphold the principle of equity and ensure populations affected by humanitarian crises are held in equal regard to the broader population, health care workers, older populations and other priority at-risk groups amongst populations who are affected by humanitarian crises should also be prioritized, as well as achieving 70% vaccination coverage amongst the population affected by crises . However, inequity still exists.