About the Authors

Cornelius Rau

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

co.rau@uke.de

Affiliations Immunization Analysis & Insights (IAI), Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals (IVB), World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, Division of Neonatology and Pediatric Intensive Care, Department of Pediatrics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Daniel Lüdecke

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Medical Sociology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Laure B. Dumolard

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Immunization Analysis & Insights (IAI), Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals (IVB), World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Jan Grevendonk

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Immunization Analysis & Insights (IAI), Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals (IVB), World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Brenton M. Wiernik

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, United States of America

Robin Kobbe

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, First Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Marta Gacic-Dobo

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Immunization Analysis & Insights (IAI), Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals (IVB), World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

M. Carolina Danovaro-Holliday

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Immunization Analysis & Insights (IAI), Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals (IVB), World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: MCD-H, LBD, MGD, and JG work for the World Health Organization. The authors alone are responsible for the views expressed in this publication and they do not necessarily represent the decisions, policy, or views of the World Health Organization. CR is a board member of the German Society for Tropical Pediatrics and International Child Health (GTP). RK is a board member of the German Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (DGPI). RK reports honoraria for lectures in non-pharmaceutical educational events in pediatrics, infectious diseases, and tropical medicine. RK attended an advisory board meeting on shortage of immunoglobulins by Shire Germany in 2020. CR and RK have been involved in clinical trials for which their employer has received funding from Pfizer/BioNTech and Sedana Medical. All other authors declare no competing interests.