began. but we now have some very bad vaccine news for parents in much of the rest of the world. the world health organization and unisef announced last week, routine vaccinations of children globally have dropped sharply since 2019. the largest sustained decline in 30 years. by last year, the percentage of children who had received all three doses of the dtapp had dropped 5% to 81%. dtp is a benchmark for immunization coverage and the drop means that in 2021 alone, 25 million children missed out on the vaccine. first dose measle vaccines have dropped to 81%, as well and globally, measle cases are up by nearly 80% as of early this year. there is more, the average vaccination rate of 11 major diseases including polio and hpv