LONDON, July 15 — Around 25 million children around the world missed out on routine vaccinations that protect against life-threatening diseases last year, as the knock-on effects...
LONDON, July 15 — Around 25 million children around the world missed out on routine vaccinations that protect against life-threatening diseases last year, as the knock-on effects of the pandemic continue to disrupt health care globally.
Unicef described the drop in vaccination coverage as the largest sustained backslide in childhood vaccination in a generation, taking coverage rates back to levels not seen since the early 2000s. “I want to get across the urgency,” Unicef’s senior immunisation specialist, Niklas Danielsson told Reuters. “This is a child health crisis.”
Coverage dropped in every region, the figures showed, which are estimated using data on the take-up of the three-dose diptheria, tetanus and pertussis jab and include both children who get no jabs at all and those who miss on any of the three doses necessary for protection. Globally, coverage fell by 5 per cent to 81 per cent last year.
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