public health

Global health officials are renewing calls to strengthen routine childhood immunization programs after new international health data showed that measles continues to spread in regions where vaccination coverage has declined. Public health experts say maintaining high vaccination rates remains one of the most effective ways to prevent outbreaks of the highly contagious disease and protect

Global childhood immunization coverage is showing signs of improvement, according to new estimates released jointly by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF. While vaccination rates have increased compared with previous years, international health officials caution that millions of children remain under-vaccinated or have not received routine immunizations, leaving communities vulnerable to outbreaks of preventable