Gates Foundation report says Covid pushed 31 million into extreme poverty, child vaccine rates fell
The pandemic has reversed global progress on eliminating poverty by four years, according to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's fifth-annual Goalkeeper report.
The report — which examines global progress on vaccine access, reducing poverty and other health issues — also found the pandemic led to a major backsliding in routine childhood vaccination rates, widened the education gap between poor and rich nations and increased health inequities. Covid, first detected in Wuhan, China in late 2019, brought global economic activity to a near-standstill, pushing a record number of people into unemployment, as governments implemented public health measures intended to slow the spread of the virus.
Most of it will be seen in low-income countries, where less than 1% of Covid vaccine doses have been administered, Suzman said.
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