US EditionChildhood Vaccines Were a Global Success Story. Misinformation and Other Obstacles Are Slowing that Progress, a Study Shows
- A global study published in The Lancet on Tuesday shows childhood vaccination progress has stalled between 2010 and 2023 across 204 countries.
- This slowdown arose from persistent inequalities, vaccine misinformation, disrupted programs during COVID-19, and growing vaccine skepticism, especially in wealthier nations.
- The study found that vaccination coverage doubled since 1980 but declined after 2010, with measles vaccine use falling in 100 countries and coverage dropping in 21 high-income countries.
- In 2023, approximately 15.7 million children have not received any vaccinations, with more than half residing in eight countries including Nigeria and India; Dr. Jonathan Mosser emphasized that childhood immunizations remain one of the most effective and affordable public health measures.
- Experts warn that without urgent, equitable improvements and combating misinformation, vaccine-preventable diseases will increase and global immunization goals for 2030 are unlikely to be met.
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Child vaccine coverage faltering, threatening millions: study
Efforts to vaccinate children against deadly diseases are faltering across the world due to economic inequality, Covid-era disruptions and misinformation, putting millions of lives at risk, research warned Wednesday.
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Independent EspañolStagnation in Childhood Vaccinations Leaves Millions of Children Vulnerable to Preventable Diseases.
LONDON (AP) — Global childhood vaccination programs have stagnated since 2010, leaving millions of children vulnerable to tetanus, polio, tuberculosis and other easily preventable diseases. Protection against measles, in particular, declined in 100 countries between 2010 and 2019, undoing decades of progress, even in wealthy nations that had previously eliminated the highly infectious disease, according to a new analysis of global vaccination tr…
Childhood vaccines were a global success story. Misinformation and other obstacles are slowing that progress, a study shows
Vaccines have prevented the deaths of about 154 million children around the world over the past 50 years, a new study shows, but efforts have been slowing recently, allowing for the growth of some vaccine-preventable diseases. This backslide could lead to many more unnecessary illnesses and deaths without an increased effort to vaccinate children and counter misinformation.
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