07/16/2025

WHO Says More than 14 Million Children Globally Have Not Received a Dose of any Vaccine

Lack of access and conflict can lower vaccination rates, officials said

More than 14 million children around the world have not received a single dose of any vaccine, according to new data from the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF.

This is 4 million more children than the 2024 target set by the WHO and 1.4 million more children than in 2019, which is the baseline year for measuring progress.

About 25 percent of the world's infants live in 26 countries that are affected by conflict, fragility or humanitarian crises, but they make up half of all unvaccinated children, according to the global health agency.

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