World Immunization Week 2021, last week of April (Vaccines have brought us closer, and will bring us closer again)

While the world focuses on critically important new vaccines to protect against COVID-19, there remains a need to ensure routine vaccinations are not missed.

Many children have not been vaccinated during the global pandemic, leaving them at risk of serious diseases like measles and polio.

Rapidly circulating misinformation around the topic of vaccination adds to this threat.

In this context, this year’s campaign will aim to build solidarity and trust in vaccination as a public good that saves lives and protects health.