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 ...

As for measles, global coverage improved significantly between 2004 and 2016 but has since slowed. In 2024, the global measles vaccination rate reached 76 percent, up from 71 percent in 2019, yet ...

Another 5.7 million children only have partial protection against preventable diseases, having not received all the recommended doses of certain vaccines.

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.

The 74 reports childhood vaccination rates have dropped in 1,600 US counties since the pandemic, risking herd immunity amid ...

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 ...

A health official administers a polio vaccine in 2016 to children at a camp for people displaced by Islamist extremists in Maiduguri, Nigeria. (Sunday Alamba/AP) As more coronavirus vaccines begin ...

Childhood vaccination rates have stalled for years . Global health officials have seen worrying signs that efforts to immunize children against preventable illnesses were failing even before the ...

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 ...

NEW YORK — More children were left out of critical vaccination drives for diseases such as diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough in 2023 as a rise in conflicts across the globe hindered the ...

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