WHO-UNICEF data on Child Vaccination

Sakshi Education

WHO & UNICEF recently released its data on Child Vaccination. As per report, India registered largest decrease in routine childhood immunization coverage in 2020.

India is followed by Pakistan and Indonesia.
This is the first official figures that reflected global service disruptions because of covid-19.
As per data, majority of countries experienced drops in childhood vaccination rates in 2020.
As per data of WHO & UNICEF, middle-income countries account for an increasing number of unprotected children.
India is experiencing a large drop. India’s DTP-3 coverage (Diphtheria, Tetanus and Pertussis vaccine coverage) has fell down from 91% to 85%.
In WHO’s region of Americas, only 82% of the children are fully vaccinated with DTP last year. This figure was at 91 % in 2016. This decrease was the result of funding shortfalls, vaccine misinformation etc.
In all, 23 million children missed out on basic vaccines under routine immunization services in 2020. Out of them, 17 million children did not receive a single vaccine.
Disruptions in immunization services were widespread in 2020. Southeast Asian and Eastern Mediterranean Regions were most affected due to disruptions.

Published date : 16 Jul 2021 05:48PM