Global childhood vaccination improves in 2024, but progress threatened by conflict and misinformation

Global childhood vaccination improves in 2024, but progress threatened by conflict and misinformation

In 2024, 89% of infants globally, about 115 million, received at least one dose of the DTP vaccine, and roughly 109 million completed all three doses of the staple shot that protects against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis, also known as whooping cough, according to the new national immunization coverage data released on Tuesday by the WHO and UNICEF

A little girl reacts after receiving an oral vaccine during a vaccination drive for diphtheria, influenza, tetanus and pneumococcus in Lima, Peru. File image/ Reuters