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Worldwide Measles Deaths Climb 50% from 2016 to 2019 Claiming Over 207,500 Lives in 2019

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COVID-19 could reverse decades of progress toward eliminating preventable child deaths, agencies warn

With the number of under-five deaths at an all-time recorded low of 5.2 million in 2019, disruptions in child and maternal health services due to the COVID-19 pandemic are putting millions of additional lives at stake

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WHO and UNICEF warn of a decline in vaccinations during COVID-19

WHO and UNICEF call for immediate efforts to vaccinate all children as new data shows that, before the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccine coverage stalled at 85 per cent for nearly a decade, with 14 million unvaccinated infants yearly

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Lifesaving immunization services for children in DPR Korea

A shipment of BCG and Pentavalent vaccines have reached DPR Korea. This vital delivery will prevent disruption of immunization services for children.

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Over 13 million children did not receive any vaccines at all even before COVID-19 disrupted global immunization – UNICEF

Mass measles immunization campaigns suspended in 25 largely high-burden countries due to pandemic

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Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore on the disruption of immunization and basic health services due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Holding their children in their arms, women wait outside Lower Bicutan Health Centre to vaccinate their children in Taguig City. The Philippines.

20 million children miss out on lifesaving measles, diphtheria and tetanus vaccines in 2018

New estimates find dangerous stagnation of global vaccination rates, due to conflict, inequality and complacency

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Over 20 million children worldwide missed out on measles vaccine annually in past 8 years, creating a pathway to current global outbreaks - UNICEF

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Alarming global surge of measles cases a growing threat to children – UNICEF

Ten countries accounted for approximately three-quarters of the total increase in measles in 2018, including significant outbreaks in Brazil, Madagascar, the Philippines, Ukraine, and Yemen

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Child given world’s first drone-delivered vaccine in Vanuatu - UNICEF