take for granted that we are dealing with, but they are starting to maybe make a comeback now. it is quite alarming. in the report that was published today, we are notjust looking at the number of children who have missed vaccines, but also some new survey data that shows that the number of adults who will be for the number of adults who will be for the pandemic thought that it was important to vaccinate children, after the pandemic of that number had come down, in some countries is much is 44%. in other countries, just wanted to present, but it was 52 out of 55 countries that we surveyed, so it is a global issue and it is notjust in rich countries are poor countries, it is across all regions of the world. and that sustained decline in people s perception of the importance of vaccines is really worrying. lilli; vaccines is really worrying. lily from unicef vaccines is really worrying. lily from unicef speaking to me earlier. live now to nigeria, cannot we have a clinical virologist a
its maiden voyage. good evening. the united nations children s agency says millions of children have missed some or all of their routine vaccinations due to covid lockdowns and disruption caused by the pandemic. unicef says that across the world, up to 67 million children have missed out on vaccinations in some way. the organisation believes increased misinformation during the pandemic has contributed to vaccine hesitancy and the consequences are potentially, very serious. last year the number of measles cases doubled and polio numbers rose sharply. i spoke to lily capriani, head of global advocacy on health, nutrition & climate at unicef for more on this.