Global Childhood Vaccination Efforts Stall, Leaving Millions Vulnerable, UN Warns
Global Childhood Vaccination Efforts Stall, Leaving Millions Vulnerable, UN Warns In a sobering new report, the United Nations has issued a stark warning: global childhood vaccination levels have stagnated, leaving millions more children unprotected against preventable diseases than before the COVID-19 pandemic. The alarming data, released yesterday by UN health and children’s agencies, highlights dangerous coverage gaps that are fueling outbreaks of highly infectious diseases like measles. The report, which primarily covers 2023 data, indicates that 84 percent of children…