WHO: global childhood immunisation failed to reach pre-pandemic level
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said that the level of vaccination of children in the world has still not reached the levels that were before the coronavirus pandemic, RIA Novosti reports
“According to data released today by WHO and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), global childhood immunisation coverage stalled in 2023, leaving 2.7 million additional children un- or under-vaccinated compared to pre-pandemic levels in 2019,” the WHO website reports.
It is noted that in 2023, the number of children who received three doses of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DTP3) vaccine stopped at the level of 84 percent (108 million). At the same time, there were 14.5 million children missing out on any vaccination – so-called zero-dose children.
