Tackling inequities in immunization outcomes urban contexts
By 2050, 68 percent of the world’s population is expected to live in an urban area. The risk of disease transmission and outbreak increases in large (and growing), densely populated areas with mobile and transient populations.
Consensus Statement on the Economics of Reaching Zero-Dose Communities with Immunization and Primary Health Care
In a statement issued in 2020, the ERG highlighted that a focus on prioritizing communities with high numbers of zero-dose children (i.e., children who do not receive the first dose of a DTP containing vaccine) is more important than ever in the context of COVID-19.
