GLOBAL VACCINATION CRISIS

Global Childhood Immunisation Crisis: Millions of Children at Risk as Immunisation Rates Remain Flat 🌏A Slow-Motion Global Health Emergency In spite of past success in immunisation in the past decades, world childhood vaccination coverage is currently experiencing a frightening plateau. According to a recent study in The Lancet, coverage against life-saving childhood illnesses has either stalled or declined in more than half the world since 2010. This is a cause for concern after decades of momentum against preventable diseases such as measles, polio, diphtheria, and tuberculosis (TB). The report says that the world is poised to reverse decades of global health gains, putting millions of children,particularly in poor and war-torn areas at high risk of fatal but preventable illness. ⚖️ From Success to Crisis: The Rise and Fall of Immunisation Gains Since the Expanded Programme on Immunisation was launched in 1974, over 4 billion children have received a vaccine, which is estimated to ...