Rising Conflicts Globally Slowed Childhood Vaccination Rate in 2023, UN Says By Jennifer Rigby and Christy Santhosh (Reuters) - More children were left out of critical vaccination drives for ...

July 15 (Reuters) - More children were left out of critical vaccination drives for diseases such as diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough last year as a rise in conflicts across the globe ...

NEW YORK – More children were left out of critical vaccination drives for diseases such as diphtheria, teta­nus and whooping cough in 2023 as a rise in conflicts across the globe hindered the ...

The biggest fall in vaccination coverage globally was in Sudan, which has been decimated by 15 months of civil war. It saw coverage rates ... children live in countries with fragile, conflict ...

More children were left out of critical vaccination drives for diseases such as diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough last year as a rise in conflicts across the globe ... It saw coverage rates fall ...

For example, there were around 600,000 fewer "zero dose" children across the African region in 2023 than in 2022, and coverage of the HPV vaccine, which protects against cervical cancer, also ...

More children were left out of critical vaccination drives for diseases such as diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough last year as a rise in conflicts across the globe ... It saw coverage rates fall ...

More children were left out of critical vaccination drives for diseases such as diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough last year as a rise in conflicts across the globe hindered the supply of life ...