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Pandemic affects number of children receiving vaccines

Four-year-old Shannel Kemunto receives a polio vaccine at Kisii Teaching and Referral hospital. [Denish Ochieng/Standard]


The World Health Organization(WHO) and United Nations International Children’s Fund(UNICEF) have warned of a decline in the number of children receiving life-saving vaccines around the world.

However, the emergence of Covid-19 has threatened strides made between the year 2000 to 2018 which has saved an estimated 23 million children's lives.

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