Meaning of zero-dose | Babel Free

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Failing to receive any routine vaccination; having received no doses of a particular vaccine.

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“To do this, it is important to update existing estimates of the frequency of zero-dose children in countries with recent data. Next, there is a need to understand how children move out of the zero-dose group towards full immunisation.”

“Before the vaccination campaign, 17.3% of children under 9 months were DTP zero-dose and 4.3% of children 9–60 months were measles zero-dose.”

“Over a 24-year period in India, child zero-dose status was shaped by large-scale social inequalities and remained a consistent marker of generalised vulnerability. Interventions that address this cycle of intergenerational inequities should be prioritised.”

“One in five children worldwide are now zero-dose or under-vaccinated, meaning they’ve missed out entirely or partially on routine immunization. Those are levels we’ve not seen since 2008.”

““We normally vaccinate between 200 to 300 people per day. There are so many children coming here who are zero-dose,” says Nelson, referring to children who have not received their first diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus vaccine (DTP1).”

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