US Edition14 million children did not receive a single vaccine in 2024, UN estimates
GLOBAL, JUL 15 – Conflicts, misinformation, and aid cuts contribute to 14 million children missing vaccines in 2024 despite slight global coverage gains, WHO and UNICEF report shows.
- On July 15, 2025, the United Nations disclosed that over 14 million children worldwide had not received any vaccinations throughout 2024.
- This situation results from widespread misinformation about vaccine safety and severe international aid cuts disrupting immunization programs.
- Global vaccine coverage rose modestly to 85% for the three-dose DTP vaccine, but coverage remains deeply unequal with nine countries accounting for over half of unvaccinated children.
- WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that significant reductions in funding, along with false information regarding vaccine safety, risk reversing years of achievements in public health.
- The report suggests that unless funding and trust improve, millions of children will continue facing risks from preventable diseases amid measles and whooping cough outbreaks worldwide.
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14 million children did not receive a single vaccine in 2024, UN
LONDON: More than 14 million children did not receive a single vaccine last year — about the same number as the year before — according to UN health officials. Nine countries accounted for more than half of those unprotected children. In their annual estimate of global vaccine coverage, released Tuesday, the World Health Organization and UNICEF said about 89 percent of
14M children did not receive a single vaccine in 2024, UN estimates
LONDON -- More than 14 million children did not receive a single vaccine last year -- about the same number as the year before -- according to UN health officials. Nine countries accounted for more than half of those unprotected children.
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