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Global leaders highlight the need to defeat meningitis – a leading cause of disability – at a high-level meeting co-hosted by the World Health Organization (WHO) and Government of France, under the High Patronage of Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic. The event is taking place on 26-27 April 2024 at the Institut Pasteur and is supported by prominent athletes advocating on the cause ahead of the Paris Paralympics.

Global leaders highlight the need to defeat meningitis – a leading cause of disability – at a high-level meeting co-hosted by the World Health Organization and Government of France, under the High Patronage of Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic.

“Zero-dose children” account for nearly half of all child deaths from vaccine-preventable illnesses, as advocates warn that pandemic disruption to early years vaccination programs threatens a global health crisis.

By midway through this year, 47 countries were reporting serious measles outbreaks, compared with 16 countries in June 2020.

Millions of children missed routine vaccinations against diseases such as measles, diphtheria and tetanus during the Covid-19 pandemic, but data now suggests that this decline in routine childhood immunizations may be reversing.