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 ...

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 ...

Rising conflicts globally slowed childhood vaccination rate in 2023, UN says By Jennifer Rigby and Christy Santhosh July 15, 2024 12:06 AM UTC Updated July 15, 2024 ...

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 ...

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 ...

For example, there were around 600,000 fewer “zero dose” children across the African region in 2023 than in 2022, and coverage of the HPV vaccine, which protects against cervical cancer, also ...

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 ...

Rising conflicts globally slowed childhood vaccination rate in 2023, UN says About 14.5 million children failed to get vaccinated in 2023, compared with 13.9 million a year earlier, according to U ...

The biggest fall in vaccination coverage globally was in Sudan, which has been decimated by 15 months of civil war. It saw coverage rates fall to 57% in 2023 from 75% in 2022. That meant nearly ...

Childhood Vaccination Rate: There were some positives in the U.N. report. For example, there were around 600,000 fewer "zero dose" children across the African region in 2023 than in 2022, and ...