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People lost faith in childhood vaccines during COVID pandemic, UNICEF says

A vial of the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine is pictured at the International Community Health Services clinic in Seattle, Washington, US, on 20th March, 2019.

London, UK Reuters People all over the world lost confidence in the importance of routine childhood vaccines against killer diseases like measles and polio during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report from UNICEF.  In 52 of the 55 countries surveyed, the public perception of vaccines for children declined between 2019 and 2021, the […]

Quick facts – From marriage to murder, one in four robbed of childhood globally

Displaced Syrian children

LondonThomson Reuters Foundation The number of children who are married, pregnant, labourers, die violently or miss out on school has fallen by almost 30 per cent to 690 million since 2000, when nations endorsed global development goals, the charity Save the Children said on Tuesday. Singapore, Sweden, Finland, Norway and Slovenia topped the rankings of […]