Misinformation and Inequality Hinder Child Vaccination, New Study Warns

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Global childhood vaccination rates have slowed in recent years and are even declining in some countries, researchers said in a study published in the medical journal The Lancet. The authors attribute this to inequalities in access to healthcare, restrictions during the Covid-19 pandemic and misinformation about vaccinations. This puts millions of children, especially in the poorest parts of the world, at risk, the researchers said.

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Paris, France Efforts to immunize children against deadly diseases are at risk around the world due to economic inequality, covid disruptions and anti-vaccine misinformation, an investigation warned. These trends increase the threat of future outbreaks of preventable diseases, while deep cuts in foreign aid threaten the progress made earlier in the vaccination of the world's children. A new study published in The Lancet magazine analysed child i…