25 Million Infants Missing Vaccines Covid Disruptions Cause Plunge In Global Childhood Vaccination Rates
The proportion of children who received three doses of the diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis vaccine (DTP3) – an indicator of vaccination coverage within and between countries – fell by 5 percentage points between 2019 and 2021 to 81%. As a result, 25 million children missed one or more doses of DTP through routine immunization services in 2021 alone. This is 2 million more than those missed in 2020 and 6 million more than in 2019, highlighting the growing number of children at risk from devastating but preventable diseases....