Global childhood vaccine coverage in 2024 shows inequalities amid stability
University of Minnesota http://twin-cities.umn.edu/ 612-625-5000 The World Health Organization (WHO) has released its annual global childhood immunization report, which shows modest gains amid difficult dynamics in 2024 compared to 2023. Notably, there are still 14.3 million “zero-dose” children who have never received a single dose of any vaccine. That’s 4 million more than th e 2024 target needed to stay on track with Immunization Agenda 2030 goals and 1.4 million more than in 2019, the baseline year
