AUTHOR=Abdullahi Yasmin Ali Morad 

TITLE=COVID-19 Mass Vaccination Campaign: An International Comparison of Qatar With GCC Nations and Other Global Groups

JOURNAL=International Journal of Public Health

VOLUME=Volume 68 - 2023

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.ssph-journal.org/journals/international-journal-of-public-health/articles/10.3389/ijph.2023.1605614

DOI=10.3389/ijph.2023.1605614

ISSN=1661-8564

ABSTRACT=Objectives: Different countries have formulated their mass vaccination campaigns in different ways and with different priorities, with varying results. This study focuses on the case of Qatar in comparison with regional neighbors in the Gulf Cooperation Community (GCC) and with global benchmarks (G7 and OECD nations) in terms of the deployment of its mass vaccination program.
Methods: Factors compared cross-nationally included the total number of vaccine doses administered, doses administered per 100 population, the time taken to reach certain vaccination thresholds (5, 10, 25, 50, and 100 doses per 100 population). 
Results: There were no significant differences in the average vaccination rate between economic comparison groups (GCC, G7, and OECD), but there was substantial heterogeneity within all of these groups. The mass vaccination program in Qatar outpaced the aggregate GCC, G7, and OECD groups. 
Conclusions: There were largecountry-wise differences in the speed of mass vaccination progress which did not appear to be directly explained by national wealth. Administrative and program management factors could account for some of these differences.
KEY WORDS: COVID-19; vaccination; cross-national; public health; Leadership