18 million kids didn’t get any vaccines in 2021
In 2021, the world conducted the largest vaccination campaign in history. More than 11.2 covid-19 vaccine doses were manufactured, and half the global population received at least one dose.
Yet the distribution was extremely unequal. By the end of the year, less than 5% of people living in poor countries had received a dose of covid-19 vaccine, while in wealthy nations up to 90% of the population was fully vaccinated.
But the consequences of vaccine inequality weren’t limited to covid. New data released by Unicef and the World Health Organization show that other immunizations lagged behind, too, particularly in poor countries. In 2021, 18 million children around the world didn’t receive a single vaccine.
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