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milestones that mattered in 2025 [1]

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Date: 2026-02 

Continued scale-up of vaccination programmes

With support from WHO and partners, countries continue scaling up vaccination programmes to protect against diseases including meningitis, pneumococcal disease, polio, rotavirus and HPV (human papillomavirus – a major cause of cervical cancer). On 17 November, the first World Cervical Cancer Elimination Day, WHO and partners announced 86 million girls vaccinated against HPV. In 2025, countries including Bhutan, Brazil, China, Indonesia, Nigeria, Tajikistan, Pakistan and Rwanda expanded HPV vaccination and screening – bringing the world closer to eliminating cervical cancer.

Global immunization efforts have led to an 88% drop in measles deaths between 2000 and 2024; nearly 59 million lives have been saved by the measles vaccine since 2000. Despite fewer deaths, measles cases are surging worldwide, with an estimated 11 million infections in 2024 – nearly 800 000 more than pre-pandemic levels in 2019. At least 95% coverage with two measles vaccine doses is required to stop transmission and protect communities from outbreaks of this highly contagious virus.

While 89% of infants worldwide received at least one dose against diphtheria, tetanus and polio (DTP), 20 million children missed out on essential vaccines in 2024 due to conflict, supply disruptions, and a rise in vaccine misinformation.

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