13.5m children miss vaccines in 2025 – WHO, UNICEF

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In 2025, 13.5 million children missed routine vaccinations globally, warned WHO and UNICEF, highlighting the roles of conflict, poverty, and vaccine hesitancy in slowing immunization efforts. This situation increases vulnerability to preventable diseases among millions of children.

… 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 […] The post 13.5m children miss vaccines in 2025 – WHO, UNICEF appeared first on Vanguard News.