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Global vaccination efforts stall, leaving millions of children vulnerable to preventable diseases
- A new global study published in The Lancet reports progress in vaccinating children has stalled and reversed in some countries, leaving millions vulnerable worldwide.
- This stagnation follows decades of gains since WHO established its immunization program in 1974, but recent declines relate to the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccine misinformation, and inequalities.
- An estimated 15.6 million children missed diphtheria-tetanus-measles vaccines, nearly 16 million missed polio vaccines, and 9 million missed tuberculosis vaccines between 2020 and 2023, mostly in eight countries.
- The WHO has observed a more than tenfold increase in measles cases in the Americas this year, alongside a twofold rise in infections across Europe in 2024, as experts caution about growing threats from outbreaks of measles, polio, and diphtheria.
- Researchers and health professionals urge strengthening healthcare systems, combating misinformation, and improving equitable vaccine access to reverse stalled progress and protect children globally.
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Vaccinations stall globally as Pakistan sees 2nd highest number of zero-dose children in South Asia
Life-saving childhood vaccination coverage has stalled in recent decades, leaving millions of children at risk for deadly diseases with Pakistan having the highest number of children with zero doses in South Asia after India, according to a new study by British medical journal Lancet. The Lancet is a 200-year-old peer-reviewed weekly medical journal from the United Kingdom. Since its launch, the journal has expanded into a family of more than 20…
LONDON — Efforts to vaccinate children worldwide have stalled since 2010, leaving millions of children vulnerable to tetanus, polio, tuberculosis, and other easily preventable diseases.
Kronen Zeitung
While between 1980 and 2023 many life-threatening infectious diseases could be pushed back by immunization, there is a risk of death again for millions of adolescents, international experts in the medical journal "Lancet" now warn. In Austria, the rate of children with a first dose of measles-mumps-rottle vaccine would have been reduced by eight percent. The scientists investigated the development of routine child vaccinations in 204 countries a…
Associated Press News
Global vaccination efforts stall, leaving millions of children vulnerable to preventable diseases
Global efforts to protect children against diseases like measles, polio and tuberculosis have stalled since 2010, leaving millions vulnerable to deadly infections.
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