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  1. Vaccines have contributed to substantial reductions of morbidity and mortality from vaccine-preventable diseases, mainly in children. However, vaccine hesitancy was listed by the World Health Organization (WHO...

    Authors: Shirly Bar-Lev, Shahar Reichman and Zohar Barnett-Itzhaki
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2021 10:49
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  2. As of March 31, 2021, Israel had administered 116 doses of vaccine for COVID-19 per 100 population (of any age) – far more than any other OECD country. It was also ahead of other OECD countries in terms of the...

    Authors: Bruce Rosen, Ruth Waitzberg, Avi Israeli, Michael Hartal and Nadav Davidovitch
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2021 10:43
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  3. Israel, the UK, the USA, and some other wealthier countries lead in the implementation of COVID-19 vaccine mass vaccination programmes. Evidence from these countries indicates that their ethnic minorities coul...

    Authors: John A. Reid and Mzwandile A. Mabhala
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2021 10:33
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

    The Correction to this article has been published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2021 10:60

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  4. Early, rapid, nationally orchestrated vaccine rollout has been a feature in the response to the global coronavirus pandemic in Israel and the UK, two countries with long established, universal socialised healt...

    Authors: Fiona Sim
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2021 10:18
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

    The original article was published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2021 10:6

  5. The rapid rollout of Israel’s vaccination program has led to considerable international interest. In this brief commentary we consider how the criteria for vaccination priority groups differ between Israel and...

    Authors: Jonathan Cylus, Dimitra Panteli and Ewout van Ginneken
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2021 10:16
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

    The original article was published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2021 10:6

  6. When attempting to provide lessons for other countries from the successful Israeli COVID-19 vaccine experience, it is important to distinguish between the modifiable and non-modifiable components identified in...

    Authors: Gary L. Freed
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2021 10:14
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

    The original article was published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2021 10:6

  7. This commentary compares Israel’s COVID-10 vaccination response to the much slower and less successful vaccination campaign in Canada. Although Canada did start with some structural disadvantages relative to I...

    Authors: Gregory P. Marchildon
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2021 10:12
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

    The Publisher Correction to this article has been published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2021 10:20

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  8. This commentary on Rosen, Waitzberg, and Israeli’s assessment of Israel’s COVID response points to differences in the coherence of each national government’s strategy as the key factor influencing the effectiv...

    Authors: Sherry Glied
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2021 10:9
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

    The original article was published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2021 10:6

  9. As of the end of 2020, the State of Israel, with a population of 9.3 million, had administered more COVID-19 vaccine doses than all countries aside from China, the US, and the UK. Moreover, Israel had administ...

    Authors: Bruce Rosen, Ruth Waitzberg and Avi Israeli
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2021 10:6
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  10. Israel has led the world in rolling out its COVID-19 vaccination program. This experience provides lessons that others can learn from. It is, however, necessary to consider some national specificities, includi...

    Authors: Martin McKee and Selina Rajan
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2021 10:5
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

    The original article was published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2021 10:6