Pandemic behind 'largest backslide in childhood vaccination in a generation': UN
LONDON: 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., when COVID-19 caused lockdowns around the world, and six million more than pre-pandemic in 2019, according to new figures released by Unicef and the World Health Organization.
Many had hoped that 2021 would see some ground recovered after the first year of the pandemic, but the situation actually worsened, raising questions over catch-up efforts. The agency said that a focus on COVID-19 immunisation campaigns in 2021, as well as the economic slowdown and strain on healthcare systems, had stymied a quicker recovery for routine vaccinations.
The number of"zero-dose" children, who did not receive any vaccinations, rose by 37 per cent between 2019 and 2021, from 13 to 18 million children mostly in low and middle-income countries, the data showed.
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