Overview
- Global DTP coverage reached 85% in 2024, up one percentage point from 2023 but still below pre-pandemic levels and the 90% target for 2030
- Zero-dose children numbered 14.3 million last year, reflecting persistent immunization gaps in conflict-affected and low-income regions
- WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus cautioned that drastic reductions in aid and false vaccine safety claims risk undoing decades of achievements
- UNICEF’s vaccination lead Ephrem Lemango reported that budget cuts have disrupted epidemic response capacity in nearly 50 countries
- Measles outbreaks have intensified globally with 60 countries affected in 2024 and the United States experiencing its worst epidemic in over 30 years