25 million children missed out on lifesaving vaccines in 2021, WHO and UNICEF data shows
“The largest sustained decline in childhood immunizations has been recorded in nearly 30 years,” the organizations said in a news release. Between 2019 and 2021, the percentage of children who received three doses of DTP3, the vaccine against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis, dropped by 5 points. This reduced the coverage to 81 per cent. WHO … Read more