… Raise alarm over widening global immunisation gapBy Chioma Obinna No fewer than 13.5 million infants missed all routine vaccines in 2025, as the World Health Organisation (WHO) and UNICEF warned that conflict, poverty and vaccine hesitancy are slowing global immunisation progress, leaving millions of children vulnerable to preventable diseases. The warning came Tuesday as […]

… Raise alarm over widening global immunisation gapBy Chioma Obinna No fewer than 13.5 million infants missed all routine vaccines in 2025, as the World Health Organisation (WHO)…

Global infant vaccination levels improved slightly last year, the UN said Wednesday, but warned that drastic funding cuts, conflicts and misinformation were deepening dangerous…

More than half of these ‘zero-dose’ children are in sub-Saharan Africa – with experts saying recent gains towards global immunisation could unravel as aid cuts hit

The warning is contained in the latest WHO and UNICEF Estimates of National Immunisation Coverage (WUENIC), analysed by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance

Global infant vaccination levels improved slightly last year, the U.N. said on June 15, but warned that drastic funding cuts, conflicts and misinformation were deepening dangerous…

Aunque la cobertura mundial de vacunación infantil mejoró ligeramente en 2025, el ritmo continúa siendo insuficiente para cumplir el objetivo de inmunización fijado para 2030,…

Global childhood immunization programmes continued to recover in 2025, but conflict, poverty and growing vaccine hesitancy are still leaving millions vulnerable to preventable…

In 2025, an estimated 13.5 million “zero-dose” children did not receive a single vaccine in their first year. | India News