Increased misinformation and the disruption of global supply chains due to COVID-19 are behind the biggest sustained drop in childhood vaccinations in three decades, a U.N. report said Thursday.
The percentage of children who received three doses of the vaccine against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (DTP) fell 5 percentage points between 2019 and 2021 to 81%, according to official data published by WHO and UNICEF.
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