Geneva — Global childhood vaccination levels have stalled, leaving millions more children un- or under-vaccinated than before the pandemic, the UN said Monday, warning of dangerous coverage gaps enabling outbreaks of diseases like measles.
In 2023, 84 percent of children, or 108 million, received three doses of the vaccine against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis , with the third dose serving as a key marker for global immunization coverage, according to data published by the UN health and children's agencies.That was the same percentage as a year earlier, meaning that modest progress seen in 2022 after the steep drop during the Covid-19 crisis has 'stalled,' the organizations warned.
Children in such countries are also far more likely to miss out on the necessary follow-up jabs.A full 6.5 million children worldwide did not complete their third dose of the DTP vaccine, which is necessary to achieve disease protection in infancy and early childhood, Monday's datasets showed.
Alarmed As Childhood Immunization Levels Stall
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