The State of the World’s Children 2023: For every child, vaccination

The State of the World’s Children is an annual report published by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) since the year 1980. Each edition aims to promote awareness on key issues affecting children around the world. This latest edition of the report, titled 'For Every Child, Vaccination' was published in April 2023. The report focuses on the importance and the urgent need of accelerating vaccination programmes for children worldwide. Vaccines help prevent and eradicate diseases, including Covid-19. Yet, one in five children are ‘zero-dose’ (unvaccinated) and under-vaccinated. These children are often from the “poorest, most remote and most marginalised” communities, the report states. This report examines, using various parameters, whether or not a child is vaccinated, vaccine hesitancy among communities and the factors which result in low levels of vaccination...