A Biopharmaceutical company, Pfizer, says vaccines are critical in supporting global health security to prevent and control more than 30 infectious diseases and reduce hospitalisation of citizens. Kodjo Soroh, Medical Director, Sub-Saharan Africa, Pfizer, said this in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos in commemoration of World Immunisation Week. World Immunisation Week, celebrated in the
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today announced a drive to encourage and increase immunisation. with more on this is our reporter simi jolaoso from the newsroom. for the start of world immunisation week. a number of health agencies, including the world health organisation and unicef, have come together to announce what they re calling the big catch up. it s a targeted global effort to boost immunisation among children, they say, especially after the covid i9 pandemic. there s been a massive decline in vaccine uptake in over 100 countries. in 2021, 25 million children missed at least one vaccination. three quarters of these children are in 20 countries, including mexico, myanmar, chad and somalia. some of the reasons why the vaccine uptake has decreased includes conflict, the climate crisis and lack of medical supplies, as well as overstretched health services. but this isn t only in low and middle income countries.