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Gabriela Galvin

Millions of children are missing out on routine jabs. Why aren’t they getting vaccinated?

Millions of children are skipping routine vaccinations, and the downward trend could continue in the coming years, according to a new global study.

Over the past half-century, routine immunisations against diseases like measles, polio, and tuberculosis (TB) have saved an estimated 154 million lives, mostly among children under the age of five, according to the report published in The Lancet medical journal.

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