Over eight years to 2017, a Unicef report found, nearly 170 million children worldwide failed to receive the first of two doses.
Tag: Vaccination and Immunization
Global Health: Measles Outbreak Infects 695, Highest Number Since 2000
The outbreak, linked to skepticism about vaccines, has led to extraordinary measures, including $1,000 fines and bans on unvaccinated children in public.
Mozambique Cyclone Wiped Out the Nation’s Food. Now Aid is in Short Supply.
International donors gave tens of millions to help Mozambique — a far cry from the nearly one billion dollars pledged to rebuild Notre-Dame in Paris.
Amid a Cyclone’s Floods and Destruction, Mozambique Finds Shards of Hope
Our correspondent found both sorrow and resilience in one of the poorest corners of the planet after a savage storm left tens of thousands homeless.
Global Health: New York City Is Requiring Vaccinations Against Measles. Can Officials Do That?
Mandatory vaccination is rare, but it has been done — and upheld by the courts. While judges have allowed health officials to fine citizens for refusing, forced vaccinations are highly unusual.
Global Health: Scientists Thought They Had Measles Cornered. They Were Wrong.
Following intensive vaccination efforts, measles cases plunged across the world. Now clusters of new infections — some linked, some not — have confounded health officials.
Global Health: Cholera Is Spreading in Mozambique, and It’s Far From the Only Health Threat
About two million people are displaced, cholera has broken out, and malaria is expected. But doses of cholera vaccine have arrived, and the humanitarian crisis may yet be contained, aid agencies say.
300 Italian Children Turned Away From School for Lacking Vaccines
A stricter law on vaccination returned to force in Italy. Dozens of other children across Italy were also likely to be affected
One More Time, With Big Data: Measles Vaccine Doesn’t Cause Autism
A 10-year look at more than 600,000 children comes at a time when anti-vaccine suspicion is on the rise again.
Japan Battles Worst Measles Outbreak in Years
Since the beginning of the year, more than 160 people have contracted the virus, which was spread through a religious group and a Valentine’s Day gift fair.