Reacción a "Global child immunisation levels stagnate in 2023, according to WHO and UNICEF data"

It's a great, rigorous and very comprehensive study, as the World Health Organisation and UNICEF always do.

One of the problems that has been observed is the great impact that covid had on maintaining vaccination levels against other pathogens and, in some cases, vaccination coverage has decreased, with children not receiving any doses or the full schedule of some vaccines such as diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus; meningitis or yellow fever. There are also vaccines, such as the papilloma vaccine, which have not been introduced in the vaccination schedule of many countries (51 countries) and are those that have a high rate of cervical cancer caused by the papilloma virus. The study highlights that vaccines that require only one dose can increase the coverage of vaccinated children.

The study has not focused on all the vaccines that, for example, are included in the Spanish immunisation schedule, but it does give a very significant picture of the evolution of vaccination rates in different countries for some vaccines and the challenges that remain to be met.
Unfortunately, lower vaccination coverage is occurring mainly in low-income countries, which remains an unfinished business for countries to make progress. Poor childhood immunisation coverage has a major impact on the health of children and adolescents, but also from an economic point of view.

Without health, there is no progress.