Niklas Danielsson News Today

The urgency of Abdirizak Ahmed's efforts to fight a measles outbreak in Ethiopia hit home last month when two of the aid worker's colleagues lost children to the disease, which is making a comeback from Africa to India and Britain.

COVID-19 disrupted routine vaccinations against measles globally in 2020 and 2021, leaving millions of children - mostly in poorer countries - unprotected against one of the worlds most contagious diseases, which can cause blindness, pneumonia and death.

The United Nations Children's Fund and the World Health Organization have revealed that about two million children have missed out on the Covid -19

The agency is warning of dire health implications after about 25 million children globally missed out on routine immunisations last year.

LONDON (Reuters) - Around 25 million children around the world missed out on routine vaccinations that protect against life-threatening diseases last year, as the knock-on effects of the pandemic continue to disrupt health care globally.

“I want to get across the urgency,” Unicef says. “This is a child health crisis.”

Pandemic lockdowns, misinformation campaigns, conflicts, climate crises and other problems diverted resources and contributed to the largest backslide in routine immunization in 30 years.

Around 25 million children around the world missed out on routine vaccinations that protect against life-threatening diseases last year, as the knock-on effects of the pandemic continue to disrupt health care globally.

Around 25 million children around the world missed out on routine vaccinations that protect against life-threatening diseases last year, as the knock-on effects of the pandemic continue to disrupt health care globally.

Around 25 million children around the world missed out on routine vaccinations that protect against life-threatening diseases last year