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At the beginning of the COVID‐19 pandemic, early modelling studies estimated a reduction in childhood vaccinations in low‐ and middle‐income countries. Regular provision of both curative and preventive services such as antenatal care and childhood immunizations has been negatively affected since the onset of the pandemic. Our study was aimed at examining the impact that the pandemic had on childhood vaccination services at the Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH). A mixed methods study design was employed for the study, which was conducted at the Child Welfare Clinic (CWC) of the TTH. With quantitative approach, we retrospectively looked at the uptake of the various vaccines during the pandemic era, defined as the period between 1^st March 2020 and 28^th February, 2021, and the prepandemic era defined as the period 1^st March 2019 to 29^th February, 2020. The qualitative approach was used to …