Overview

• WHO and UNICEF data show 14.3 million children received no vaccines in 2024 while nearly 20 million missed at least one dose of diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis vaccine.
• Coverage for the first DTP dose held steady at 89 percent and completion of the three-dose series rose to 85 percent, adding about one million fully immunized children.
• Measles two-dose coverage edged up to 76 percent but remains far below the 95 percent threshold needed to prevent outbreaks reported in 60 countries.
• More than half of zero-dose children live in nine countries, including Nigeria, India, Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Ethiopia.
• Despite HPV vaccine uptake rising to 31 percent among eligible girls, funding cuts and growing vaccine hesitancy threaten to undermine recent gains.