13.5m Children Miss Vaccines in 2025 - WHO, Unicef
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The overall vaccination coverage improved in 2025, but 13.5 million babies were still zero-dose, i.e. they did not receive any protection during the first year of life, showing new data released by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef). Exclusive material for subscribers. To have full access, access the link of the subject and register.
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These numbers represent less than 745 thousand children without any vaccine dose than in 2024. Immunisation agenda 2030 aims to halve the number of children without any vaccination.
WHO, UNICEF Alarmed As 13.5 Million Children Miss Lifesaving Vaccines
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have raised concerns after an estimated 13.5 million children missed all routine vaccinations during their first year of life in 2025, despite a modest recovery in global immunisation coverage after the COVID-19 pandemic. The agencies said the latest figures show progress has slowed, with millions of children still left unprotected because of conflict, displaceme…
UNITED NATIONS – Global child vaccination coverage increased slightly in 2025, but 13.5 million children did not receive any vaccinations during their first year of life, said a report by Unicef and the World Health Organization (WHO) released on Wednesday 15. Catherine Russell, executive director of the United Nations Fund for [...]
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