UNICEF: 85 per cent of children affected by polio in 2023 lived in fragile, conflict-affected areas
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UNICEF: 85 per cent of children affected by polio in 2023 lived in fragile, conflict-affected areas
Countries facing conflict, natural disasters and humanitarian crises are struggling to provide routine childhood immunisations leaving many children vulnerable to the resurgence of polio, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned in new report.