As many as 20 million children worldwide ~ more than 1 in 10 ~ missed out on lifesaving vaccines such as measles, diphtheria and tetanus in 2018, according to new data from WHO and UNICEF.
India is hosting this forum for the second time after 2010. The previous chapters of the forum have been held in Johannesburg (2014) and Delhi (2010) and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (2007).
In February 2017, the UP government launched “Dastak Campaign against Japanese Encephalitis (JE) and Acute Encephalitis Syndrom (AES)” with an aim to immunise every child under 15 years of age.