2023-04-21 19:37:18
French.china.org.cn | Updated on 22-04-2023
Some 12 million children in East and Southern Africa missed routine immunization fully or partially between 2019 and 2021, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has revealed.
In its report titled “The State of the World’s Children 2023: Vaccines for Every Child – Regional Summary: Eastern and Southern Africa” released on Thursday evening, UNICEF said immunization was “one of mankind’s most remarkable achievements” and that she had saved countless lives.
UNICEF figures show that globally, an estimated 67 million children missed out on full or partial routine immunization between 2019 and 2021. In East Africa and In southern Africa, this figure rises to 12 million children.
“As these children pass the age when vaccines are routinely given, considerable effort will be required to ensure they catch up on their vaccines,” UNICEF wrote.
Noting that vaccination allows children around the world to live free from many forms of disability and disease, UNICEF said vaccination had eradicated smallpox, a disfiguring and often fatal disease. , and which, in the 20th century alone, claimed the lives of around 300 million people.
“Remarkable progress has also been made in the eradication of polio. The power of vaccination has been demonstrated once once more during the COVID-19 pandemic,” the report said.
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