Wellcome poll finds people living in high-income countries have lowest confidence in vaccines, official calls it 'complacency effect'
An estimated 169 million children missed out on the vital first dose of the measles vaccine between 2010 and 2017, according to a UN report issued in April.
The survey of people aged 15 and older was devised by Wellcome, a British medical charity, and conducted by Gallup World Poll between April and December 2018. In the US alone, the number of cases of the disease this year has exceeded a thousand, according to the latest official figures. On the other end of the spectrum from France, Bangladesh and Rwanda had the highest levels of confidence in vaccines, with almost 100 percent in both countries agreeing they were safe, effective and important for children to have.
"Although much more research is needed to understand why this might be the case, the sluggish performance of the French economy over the last few years may be one factor that contributes to this sentiment," the report said.Globally, 49 percent of men worldwide say they know "some" or "a lot" about science, compared to 38 percent of women.
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