UNICEF rates Nigeria as country with highest number of unvaccinated children in Africa

The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has rated Nigeria arsenic a state with the highest fig of children who person ne'er received a azygous regular vaccine.

DAILY POST reports that Wafaa Saeed, UNICEF Nigeria Country Representative, stated this connected Thursday, April 16, 2026, astatine the flag-off of the Republic of Korea–UNICEF Investment successful Routine Immunisation successful Badagry Local Government Area, Lagos State.

Saeed who enactment the estimated fig of zero-dose children astatine 2.2 cardinal noted that the fig places a shared work connected each stakeholders.

He besides added that the numbers are not conscionable statistic but existent children often surviving successful fragile municipality settlements, borderline communities, conflict-affected settings, and hard-to-reach areas; without entree to indispensable services.

“Today’s lawsuit is much than a launch. It is simply a shared governmental and motivation committedness to the close of each Nigerian kid to life-saving vaccines, careless of wherever they are calved oregon live.

“This load is not a nonaccomplishment of science. Vaccines work. Rather, it reflects enduring challenges related to equity, access, and work reach, and this is wherefore governmental enactment and beardown partnerships are truly possible.

“UNICEF is profoundly grateful to the Government of the Republic of K...