US EditionChild vaccine catch-up drive on course to hit target: UN
The three-year campaign delivered more than 100 million vaccine doses and reached 12.3 million children who had never received any vaccine, officials said.
- The United Nations said on Friday the Big Catch-Up campaign is on track to meet its 21 million child immunization target, having reached 18.3 million children across 36 countries in Africa and Asia by December 2025.
- Covid-19 disrupted global vaccination campaigns in 2020, severely straining health systems and causing a resurgence of infectious diseases like measles and polio that the Big Catch-Up aims to address.
- Of the children reached, an estimated 12.3 million had never received a vaccine dose before, while 15 million had never previously received a measles vaccine, according to World Health Organization, UNICEF, and Gavi data.
- Vaccines face a tide of misinformation and declining confidence in previously high-coverage communities, while sharp funding cuts to global health have seriously affected immunization service delivery.
- Gavi Chief Executive Sania Nishtar warned the campaign confronts social media engines promoting disinformation, while The WHO's Kate O'Brien cited growing politicization of health and vaccines as a very high concern.
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The Great Recovery campaign, launched in 2023, benefited about 18.3 million unvaccinated or incompletely vaccinated children between 1 and 5 years of age in 36 countries in Asia and Africa.
Africa: Largest Catch-Up Initiative Delivers Over 100 Million Childhood Vaccinations
Press Release - The Big Catch-Up, launched during World Immunization Week 2023, has delivered over 100 million vaccine doses to an estimated 18.3 million children across 36 countries Around 12.3 million were "zero-dose children" who had not previously received any vaccines and 15 million who had never received a measles vaccine. The initiative concluded in March 2026 and is on track to meet its target of catching up 21 million children - but age…
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Child vaccine catch-up drive on course to hit target: UN
The United Nations on Friday said a three-year effort to immunise children who missed routine vaccinations due to the Covid-19 crisis was on course to reach the 21 million target.
WHO global alliance delivers 100 million childhood vaccine doses since 2023
April 23 (Reuters) - More than 100 million vaccine doses have been delivered to 18.3 million children worldwide since 2023 under a global drive to reverse pandemic-related declines in childhood immunisation, the World Health Organization and vaccine alliance Gavi said on Thursday.
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