{"id":1891,"date":"2015-07-19T10:18:19","date_gmt":"2015-07-19T10:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.humanrightsagency.com\/?p=1891"},"modified":"2015-07-19T10:18:19","modified_gmt":"2015-07-19T10:18:19","slug":"unicef-un-health-agency-report-increase-in-immunization-figures-for-worlds-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.agencedh.org\/en\/unicef-un-health-agency-report-increase-in-immunization-figures-for-worlds-children\/","title":{"rendered":"UNICEF, UN health agency report increase in immunization figures for world\u2019s children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An increasing number of children are receiving life-saving vaccinations around the world, according to the latest data released by two United Nations agencies.<\/p>\n<p>In a press release issued earlier today, the World Health Organization (WHO) and UN Children\u2019s Fund (UNICEF) confirmed that the number of countries reaching and sustaining 90 per cent vaccination coverage for their children with the required three doses of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis containing vaccines (DTP3) had doubled since 2000.<\/p>\n<p>In 2000, 21 million children did not receive even a first dose of DTP, a figure that has now dropped to 12 million, the WHO and UNICEF said.<\/p>\n<p>Although the numbers point to an astounding success in combatting childhood disease worldwide, the UN agencies warned that many nations still lagged in their goal to reach the six WHO-sanctioned Global Vaccine Action Plan (GVAP) targets. Among them, the Central African Republic, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Somalia, South Sudan and the Syrian Arab Republic were straggling with less than 50 per cent of DTP3 coverage.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond the DTP3 immunizations, the new statistics also show that coverage with other essential vaccines has also improved.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/apps\/news\/story.asp?NewsID=51439#.Vat4LLWErIU\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">read more in un.org<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An increasing number of children are receiving life-saving vaccinations around the world, according to the latest data released by two United Nations agencies. 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