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Child vaccine catch-up drive on course to hit target, says UN

A man administers the cholera vaccine to a child at a temporary cholera treatment centre set up to deal with the latest deadly cholera outbreak, at the Heroes National Stadium in Lusaka, Zambia, 17 January 2024. REUTERS - NAMUKOLO SIYUMBWA

A three-year effort to immunise children who missed routine vaccinations due to the Covid-19 crisis is on course to reach the 21 million target, the United Nations has said.

The UN's World Health Organization and children's agency Unicef, along with the Gavi Vaccine Alliance, had ​launched "The ‌Big Catch-Up" during the World Immunisation Week in ⁠2023 as a response to the 2020 pandemic, which disrupted vaccination campaigns.

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