According to data released Thursday by the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children's Fund, the decline in global childhood vaccinations was caused by the Covid-19 epidemic.
The child is getting a vaccine.
The number of children who missed at least one dose of the vaccine rose from 2 million to 25 million in a single year.
According to the data, the percentage of children who received three doses dropped over the course of the next two years.
Coverage dropped in every world region, but the biggest decline was in low and middle income countries.
The consequences of the drop in vaccinations will be measured in lives, according to the Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund.
According to the WHO and the UN, only 15% of children around the world have had the first dose of the human papillomaviruses vaccine.
18,000,000. The number of children who didn't get a single dose of the vaccine in the year 2021.
According to the WHO, the share of eligible children who had the first dose of the vaccine dropped in 2011. The World Health Organization warned in April that there would be a rise in the number of cases of the disease in the next two years. Children are vulnerable to the disease, which spreads quickly as vaccine levels decline, as a result of the disruptions caused by the swine flu.
A surge in misinformation, supply chain disruptions and containment measures that limited access to immunizations are some of the factors that led to a drop in vaccine coverage, according to the UN. Many people delayed preventative care due to safety concerns and overburdened health-care systems because of the Covid-19 Pandemic. It was hoped that the opportunity to make up for missed progress would come in the year 2021. The director-general of the World Health Organization said in a statement that it's possible to do both vaccinations at once.
Venezuela has the lowest vaccine rate in the world.
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