Childhood Vaccine Rates Show Signs of Recovery After Pandemic Backslide: Gavi

I went to an old article in Medscape, where I knock vaccines constantly and was surprised to see that my negative posts were published -so put my foot in even deeper, this time around

Childhood Vaccine Rates Show Signs of Recovery After Pandemic Backslide: Gavi

June 14, 2023

LONDON (Reuters) - Childhood immunisation rates began to recover last year in the world's poorest countries after being badly hit by COVID-19 disruptions, according to the global vaccine alliance Gavi.

Last year, 80% of children got their diptheria, tetanus and pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine, known as DTP3, according to early data from Gavi. That compares to 78% in 2020 and 77% in 2021. Before the pandemic hit, coverage rates had reached 82%.

Global health groups have called the pandemic's impact on routine immunisation for children "the largest backslide in a generation".

While the new data only covers 57 countries supported by Gavi, which are among the poorest in the world, the alliance said it showed the first signs of recovery after two years of deterioration.

"Millions of children missed out on essential vaccines in the last three years. Catching up these children is a priority this year," added Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization. The WHO and UNICEF will provide wider estimates of coverage next month.

The DTP vaccine is used as a marker for routine immunisation coverage more broadly, including shots that protect against other killer diseases such as measles.

Gavi released the data on Tuesday as part of a strategic meeting in Madrid assessing its recent progress, at which it also said it had reached more than 1 billion children with vaccinations since its establishment in 2000.

Gavi, which is backed by donor governments and philanthropists like the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, works with poorer countries to fund bulk-buy vaccination programmes.

(Reporting by Jennifer Rigby; Editing by Conor Humphries)

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Me: "In the world's poorest countries" where they have the biggest populations = deliberate genocide - because Steve Kirsch has said that vaccines are assumed to work, but they don't and have never been compared with a saline shot, to see if they are effective or not. An assumption is a big step to take to base your life on.

I went to an old article in Medscape, where I knock vaccines constantly and was surprised to see that my negative posts were published, warning of the dangers of vaccines - they passed the approval of Medscape, for publishing and were - hope yet!!