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Worldwide 25 million children missed out on one or more doses of life-saving vaccines in 2021, while 18 million have never received a single dose of vaccines, also known as Zero Dose children (WHO and UNICEF data, 2022).
With the launch of the Zero-Dose Immunization Programme, Gavi and a web of expert partners are poised to bring health care to children in some of the world’s most precarious frontier-zones.
A new study published on the medRxiv* preprint server investigated changes in RI coverage using two key indicators – diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis first-dose (DTP1) and third-dose (DTP3). DTP3 serves as a general marker for immunization system performance, while DTP1 is used as a proxy for inequity - quantifying Zero Dose (ZD) children––those that receive no childhood vaccinations