TheWorld Health Organisation(WHO) is working with member nations, including India, to catch up the millions of children who missed out on Vaccines during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The UN health body said its aim was to restore essential immunisation coverage to at least 2019 levels and strengthen primary healthcare to deliver
immunisation.The WHO initiative comes days after a report released by Unicef showed that routine immunisation was affected during the pandemic.
According to Unicefs State of the Worlds Children 2023 report, there were around 2. 7 million zerodose (unreached or missed out) under-5 children in India who did not receive a single dose of the necessary vaccines during 2021.
This number was 3 million
in 2020 when the pandemic struck, severely impacting immunisation drives.