Mayo Clinic Minute: Childhood vaccines — moving the needle up

Childhood immunization rates around the globe are beginning to recover from the dramatic drop in vaccination during the COVID-19 era, according to a report from the World Health Organization and UNICEF. While that's good news, the numbers still remain lower than pre-pandemic levels. Dr. Nipunie Rajapakse, a pediatric infectious diseases physician with the Mayo Clinic Children's Center, says this leaves many children susceptible to vaccine-preventable infections. ____________________________________________ FOR THE PUBLIC: More health and medical news on the Mayo Clinic News Network. https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/ FOR THE MEDIA ONLY: Register at https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/re... to access clean and nat sound versions of this video on the Mayo Clinic News Network. https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/ Mayo Clinic: https://mayocl.in/3tNMAdF Like Mayo Clinic on Facebook:   / mayoclinic   Follow Mayo Clinic on Instagram   / mayoclinic   Follow Mayo Clinic on X, formerly Twitter: https://x.com/MayoClinic Follow Mayo Clinic on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@mayoclinic