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Record almost 40 million children in the world have not received a dose vaccine against measles in 2021, according to a report published this Wednesday, which estimates immunization rates up to COVID-19 pandemic they didn’t recover.
Study co-published World Health Organization (WHO) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warn that this drop makes it impossible to guarantee universal immunization of this group against this disease life threatening.
Boss WHOTedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stressed that although vaccines against COVID-19 were developed and implemented in record time, routine immunization programs were delayed with huge delays, putting millions of people at risk.
“Putting immunization programs into action is absolutely essential. Behind every statistic in this report is a child at risk of a preventable disease,” he warned in a statement.
Vaccination figures
According to the study, 25 million children missed their first dose and 14.7 million missed their second.
Measles is almost completely preventable vaccination.
But how is it contagiousIt is believed that 95% of the population needs get a vaccination two or more times to create herd immunity and keep the disease at bay.
In 2021, only 81% of children worldwide received their first dose and 71% received their second.
This was the lowest global first dose coverage since 2008.
The five countries with the most babies did not receive their first dose: Nigeria, India, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia and Indonesia.
No region WHO General immunity is achieved to contain or eliminate measles, allowing the virus to spread rapidly.
Since 2016, ten countries that previously held measles experienced outbreaks.
measles it is characterized heat and a skin rash, but the danger is that it can be contagious a few days before the rash appears.
Complications may include pneumonia as well as inflammation brain, which can lead to permanent disability. Between 1 and 3 out of every 1,000 children in the world die from respiratory and neurological complications.
(According to AFP)
Source: RPP
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