Vaccines saved at least 154 million lives in 50 years: WHO
- Global immunisation efforts have saved at least 154 million lives in 50 years, as stated by the World Health Organization and UN.
- Infants accounted for 101 million lives saved through immunization over five decades, according to a study.
- The measles vaccine had the most significant impact, and the polio vaccine enabled over 20 million people to walk who would have been paralyzed.
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Vaccines saved 154 million lives in 50 years – WHO
GENEVA — Global immunization efforts have saved at least 154 million lives in the past 50 years, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Wednesday, adding that most of those to benefit were infants. That is the equivalent of six lives saved every minute of every year of the half century, the UN health agency said. […]...Keep on reading: Vaccines saved 154 million lives in 50 years – WHO
154 million lives saved: Landmark study highlights power of vaccination
A major landmark study to be published by The Lancet reveals that global immunization efforts have saved an estimated 154 million lives – or the equivalent of 6 lives every minute of every year – over the past 50 years.
We’ve saved 154 million lives. Want to guess how?
Photo credit should read Umer Qadir/ Eyepix Group/Future Publishing via Getty Images It is almost hard to believe just how effective vaccines are at saving infants’ lives. The world has become a much safer place to be a young child in the last 50 years. Since 1974, infant mortality worldwide has plummeted. That year, one in 10 newborns died before reaching their first birthday. By 2021, that rate had fallen by over two-thirds. A lot of factors …
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