在COVID-19大流行期间为国际海员接种疫苗
David Lucas1, Sue Stannard2, Natalie Shaw3
1Seafarers Health Unit, Brest Teaching Hospital, Brest, France.
The Lancet. Global health
|December 14, 2023
概括
在COVID-19大流行期间,海员,基本的国际工人被忽视了,面临着隔离和不一致的疫苗接种. 未来的流行病准备工作必须优先考虑海员的健康和接种疫苗的认可.
科学领域:
- 海洋卫生 海洋卫生
- 全球公共卫生 全球公共卫生
- 全球流行病应对行动
背景情况:
- 海员对于全球贸易和必需品分销至关重要.
- 国际COVID-19应对措施在很大程度上忽视了海员的独特脆弱性.
- 关闭边境和旅行限制导致海员在海上长期孤立.
研究的目的:
- 突出在COVID-19大流行期间对海员的国际响应中的关键忽视.
- 强调需要改善海员健康政策,以应对未来的流行病.
- 倡导在全球卫生战略中优先考虑海员的健康和福祉.
主要方法:
- 这项研究是对COVID-19政策对海员的影响的审查和分析.
- 它综合了来自行业报告,政府反应和人道主义援助工作的信息.
- 疫苗分发和认可的定性评估海员面临的挑战.
主要成果:
- 由于边境关闭,海员们经历了严重的孤立,往往超过合同期限.
- 对海员的疫苗分配不一致,严重依赖于非政府组织的努力.
- 海员接种的疫苗在港口经常没有得到认可,造成了进一步的障碍.
结论:
- 必须解决在流行病期间海员支持的过去的过失,以防止再次发生.
- 作为一个脆弱的人群和关键的国际工人,海员需要优先考虑的卫生政策.
- 国家和国际卫生政策需要将海员的具体考虑纳入未来的流行病准备.
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