WHO 'extremely concerned' about growing vaccination scepticism

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), vaccination scepticism and a collapse in funding for vaccination campaigns pose a major threat to the health of the world's population. "We are extremely concerned about misinformation and disinformation about immunisation," says Kate O'Brien, Director of the WHO Immunisation Department. Shrinking aid funds are also "extremely problematic", added O'Brien at the presentation of the annual report on immunisation rates worldwide by the WHO and the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF). +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox By far the biggest obstacle to comprehensive immunisation protection for children is conflict and the difficulty of reaching children in very remote regions. Last year, 14.3 million children did not receive a single immunisation in their first year of life, according to the report. The year before, the figure was 14.4 million. Even last year, there was a lack of funds to support poor countries with ...