Routine immunization coverage in Botswana declines significantly: UNICEF


GABORONE, April 24 (Xinhua) -- Botswana is experiencing a significant decline in routine immunization coverage, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Thursday.

"In 2024, only 50 percent of children under 12 months were fully immunized, with coverage rates for the oral polio vaccine falling to 74 percent and the measles and rubella vaccine to 77 percent," the UNICEF noted in a press release.


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