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Jamila holds her 13-month-old daughter Jonaila while walking around a small crop field. Tomorrow Jonaila will receive her first vaccines.

12 October 2023

Digital solution offers hope to 2.5 million zero dose child

The promise of real-time monitoring to close the gap on zero-dose children in East Asia and Pacific

Mother holding her one-month old baby

Childhood immunization begins recovery after COVID-19 backslide

New WHO and UNICEF data show promising signs of immunization services rebounding in some countries, but, particularly in low-income countries, coverage still falls short of pre-pandemic levels putting children at grave risk from disease outbreaks

Boy holding up his pinky after getting the polio vaccine with nurses sitting behind him

World must protect children against vaccine-preventable

Immunization allows children everywhere to live lives free of many forms of disability

Fitri, 5 years old, was immunized at her school at TK Beringin, Bantaeng, South Sulawesi, Indonesia

State of the World's Children 2023

For every child, vaccination

Files available for download (2)

SOWC Full Report (PDF, 9 MB)

SOWC Executive Summary (PDF, 13 MB)

Mother and her child are hugging

New data indicates declining confidence in childhood vaccines of up to 44 percentage points in some countries during the COVID-19 pandemic

A nurse from township public health department injects measles and rubella vaccine to Mg Zwe Nyi Nyi (2), during the expanded program on immunization (measles, rubella), Myanmar

COVID-19 pandemic fuels largest continued backslide in vaccinations in three decades

WHO and UNICEF sound the alarm as new data shows global vaccination coverage continued to decline in 2021, with 25 million infants missing out on lifesaving vaccines

Yuliana Duwith holds her 18-month-old daughter Meylan Diana at home after attending an immunization session at the Sejahtera Health Post in Sorong, West Papua Province, Indonesia

World Immunization Week: UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Liam Neeson headlines week-long commemoration of global vaccination efforts and calls for greater investment

Global partners pledge $1 for every like, share, or comment on social media posts mentioning ‘UNICEF’ using the hashtag #longlifeforall until May 10

Health workers from Puskesmas (health center) Sikumana held vaccination events for residents in Sikumana and Bello villages in Kupang, Indonesia, using COVAX COVID-19 vaccines

20 December 2021

A big THANK YOU to all of UNICEF’s donors and partners

Your support helped administer over 130 million COVID-19 vaccine doses in East Asia and the Pacific

Ms. Deang smiling to camera

02 December 2021

Looking up to hometown heroes

For UNICEF@75, a community champion inspiring the new generation.

Four-year-old Talipope Wayne receives a measles vaccination in Leauvaa Village, as part of a UNICEF-supported National Vaccination Campaign

Immunization services begin slow recovery from COVID-19 disruptions, though millions of children remain at risk from deadly diseases – WHO, UNICEF, Gavi

Ambitious new global strategy aims to save over 50 million lives through vaccination