More children were left out of critical vaccination drives for diseases such as diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough last year as a rise in conflicts across the globe hindered the supply of life ...

More than 14 million children around the world have not received a single dose of any vaccine, according to new data from the World Health Organization and UNICEF.

An estimated 14.3 million children globally remain unvaccinated and vulnerable to vaccine-preventable illnesses – meaning ...

A million more children completed the critical three-dose vaccination against diseases like diphtheria, tetanus and whooping ...

Low vaccination rates fueled outbreaks in 103 countries in the past five years, the report found. The United States has not been spared: In 2023, the 92% of American children that had been ...

The study, which estimated childhood vaccination coverage between 1980 and 2023 in 204 countries and territories, found that the Covid-19 pandemic significantly intensified existing immunization ...

Global childhood vaccination rates plummet Vaccine hesitancy, unequal access to healthcare and long-lasting disruptions caused by the pandemic are factors behind the decline ...

The pandemic dealt a heavy blow to vaccination rates, with an estimated 15 million children missing routine shots between 2020 and 2023, said an author of the study published in The Lancet. The ...

Rising Conflicts Globally Slowed Childhood Vaccination Rate in 2023, UN Says By Jennifer Rigby and Christy Santhosh (Reuters) - More children were left out of critical vaccination drives for ...

Rising conflicts globally slowed childhood vaccination rate in 2023, UN says. reuters_tickers . This content was published on July 15, 2024 ... conflict-affected or vulnerable settings, ...

Rising global conflicts have impeded vaccination drives for diseases like diphtheria, tetanus, and whooping cough, leaving more children without critical immunisations, according to the United ...

About 14.5 million children failed to get vaccinated in 2023, compared with 13.9 million a year earlier, according to U.N. estimates.