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CNN — Vaccine coverage continued to decline worldwide in 2021, with 25 million children missing out on lifesaving vaccines, according to data published Thursday by the World Health Organization and UNICEF. “As a result, 25 million children missed out on one or more doses of DTP through routine immunization services in 2021 alone. Other decreases were seen in HPV, with …

How Covid Pandemic Has Left Millions of Children Without Routine Vaccines, Study Shows

Immunisation is key to child survival and is cost effective in protecting their lives. But with the looming threat of Covid-19 pandemic, 23 million children globally missed out routine immunisation last year. According to benefit–risk analysis of health benefits versus excess risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection in Africa, ‘for every one excess COVID-19 death attributable to SARS-CoV-2 infections acquired during routine …

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Millions of children worldwide missed routine vaccinations during the pandemic

CNN — The coronavirus pandemic may have caused the “most widespread” disruption of routine childhood vaccinations in recent history, a new modeling study suggests. The estimates represent about 8.5 million more children without DTP third doses and about 8.9 million more children without a dose of measles vaccine than were estimated to miss doses if the pandemic hadn’t happened. In …