U.S. Fund for UNICEF: Disruption of Childhood Vaccination in South Asia Poses an Urgent Threat to Children's Health
May 02, 2020
May 02, 2020
NEW YORK, May 2 -- The U.S. Fund for UNICEF issued the following news release:
South Asia could face yet another health emergency if children across the region do not receive their life-saving vaccine shots, UNICEF warned.
Almost a quarter of the world's unimmunized or partially immunized children--about 4.5 million children--live in South Asia. Almost all of them, or 97 per cent, live in India, Pakistan and Afghanistan. With lockdowns in place as a part of the novel co . . .
South Asia could face yet another health emergency if children across the region do not receive their life-saving vaccine shots, UNICEF warned.
Almost a quarter of the world's unimmunized or partially immunized children--about 4.5 million children--live in South Asia. Almost all of them, or 97 per cent, live in India, Pakistan and Afghanistan. With lockdowns in place as a part of the novel co . . .