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Childhood immunization has rebounded following a significant decline during the early years of the COVID-19 pandemic, but at an uneven rate with too many children in low-income countries still missing out on the life-saving products, according to a joint World Health Organization-UNICEF report. The agencies say that four million more children were immunized against killer…

News and Press Release in English on World and 8 other countries about Health; published on 27 Apr 2023 by GAVI

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Next year, the thing to keep an eye on in global health is measles, thanks to the interruption of routine immunisation programmes as a result of the lockdown policies. The Telegraph has more.

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Measles is preventable, but vaccination coverage has declined across the world since the beginning of Covid

Nearly 40 million children are dangerously susceptible to growing measles threat - The Maravi Post

In 2021, there were about 9 million measles cases and 128,000 measles deaths worldwide, according to the CDC and WHO.

"Understanding gender barriers and developing people-centred tailored strategies and interventions to address those barriers is critical to addressing equity issues and in improving access to immunization and other health services." - Dr Ephrem Tekle Lemango, UNICEF, from the Foreword

There have already been reports of rising cases of vaccine-preventable diseases in recent months, including a 400% rise in measles cases in Africa in 2022.