INCREASED misinformation and the disruption of global supply chains due to Covid are behind the biggest sustained drop in childhood vaccinations in three decades, a UN report said Thursday. This vaccine is used as a marker for immunization coverage within and across countries. "We are witnessing the largest sustained drop in childhood immunization in a generation. "The convergence of a hunger crisis with a growing immunization gap threatens to create the conditions for a child survival crisis," the statement said. The global organizations called on countries to intensify their catch-up vaccination efforts.

Source: Manila Times July 16, 2022 05:20 UTC