According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 6.2 million Nigerian children are considered zero doses (unvaccinated), which is a result of the COVID-19 pandemic’s detrimental effects from 2019 to 2021.
At a press briefing on Tuesday in Abuja to commemorate the African Vaccination Week (AVW) and World Immunization Week with the theme “The Big Catch-Up,” Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa, said this.
Dr. Walter Mulombo, WHO Country Representative to Nigeria, spoke on behalf of Moeti, who anticipated that between 2023 and 2025, 33 million children in Africa would need vaccinations.
She claims that this will return the continent to its original course for achieving the 2030 global vaccination targets, which include lowering morbidity.