A new UNICEF report documents a significant decline in the public's faith in important childhood vaccines.
FRIDAY, April 21, 2023 -- While overall support for childhood vaccines remains strong, a new UNICEF report documents a significant decline in the public's faith in the importance of these vaccines.
“At the height of the pandemic, scientists rapidly developed vaccines that saved countless lives. But despite this historic achievement, fear and disinformation about all types of vaccines circulated as widely as the virus itself,” said UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell. Only in China, India and Mexico did the perception about the importance of vaccines continue at the same level or increase.
This happens amid the largest backslide in childhood immunization in 30 years because of pandemic issues including health worker shortages and stay-at-home measures, according to UNICEF.Those born just before or during the pandemic are now passing the age when they would normally be vaccinated. There is an urgent need to get them caught up, according to UNICEF.
About 48 million of the 67 million kids who missed routine vaccinations between 2019 and 2021 didn’t receive a single routine vaccine. At the end of 2021, India and Nigeria had the largest numbers of these zero-dose children. Increases in the numbers of zero-dose children were especially notable in Myanmar and the Philippines, according to the report.
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