Editing Vaccination (section)

==Usage==
[[File:Share of children who receive key vaccines in target populations, OWID.svg|thumb|upright=1.6|Share of children who received key vaccines in 2016<ref>{{cite web |title=Share of children who receive key vaccines in target populations |url=https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/coverage-of-key-vaccines-sdgs |website=Our World in Data |access-date=5 March 2020 |archive-date=5 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200505130309/https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/coverage-of-key-vaccines-sdgs |url-status=dead }}</ref>]]
[[File:Global-vaccination-coverage.png|thumb|upright=1.6|Global vaccination coverage among one year olds (1980–2019)<ref>{{cite web |title=Global vaccination coverage |url=https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/global-vaccination-coverage?time=1980..2018 |website=Our World in Data |access-date=5 March 2020 |archive-date=3 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703105611/https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/global-vaccination-coverage?time=1980..2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>]]

Vaccination has saved 154 million lives, 95% of whom are children younger than five years of age.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Shattock AJ, Johnson HC, Sim SY, Carter A, Lambach P, Hutubessy RC, Thompson KM, Badizadegan K, Lambert B, Ferrari MJ, Jit M, Fu H, Silal SP, Hounsell RA, White RG, Mosser JF, Gaythorpe KA, Trotter CL, Lindstrand A, O'Brien KL, Bar-Zeev N | title = Contribution of vaccination to improved survival and health: modelling 50 years of the Expanded Programme on Immunization | journal = Lancet (London, England) | volume = 403 | issue = 10441 | pages = 2307–2316 | date = May 2024 | pmid = 38705159 | pmc = 11140691 | doi = 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)00850-X | doi-access = free | title-link = doi }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Vaccine-preventable diseases: key facts | publisher=[[European Medicines Agency]] (EMA) | date=28 April 2025 | url=https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/human-regulatory-overview/public-health-threats/vaccine-preventable-diseases-key-facts | access-date=5 May 2025}} Text was copied from this source which is copyright European Medicines Agency. Reproduction is authorized provided the source is acknowledged.</ref>

The [[World Health Organization]] (WHO) has estimated that vaccination prevents 3.5–5&nbsp;million deaths per year,<ref name="WHO-2022" /> and up to 1.5&nbsp;million children die each year due to [[Vaccine-preventable disease|diseases that could have been prevented by vaccination]].<ref name="WHO_vaccination_report">{{cite web | title=Global Immunization Data | url=https://www.who.int/immunization/monitoring_surveillance/global_immunization_data.pdf | publisher=[[World Health Organization]] (WHO) | access-date=5 October 2020 | archive-date=13 April 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200413171049/https://www.who.int/immunization/monitoring_surveillance/global_immunization_data.pdf | url-status=live }}</ref> They estimate that 29% of deaths of children under five-years-old in 2013 were vaccine preventable. In other developing parts of the world, they are faced with the challenge of having a decreased availability of resources and vaccinations. Countries such as those in [[Sub-Saharan Africa]] cannot afford to provide the full range of childhood vaccinations.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Ehreth J | title = The global value of vaccination | journal = Vaccine | volume = 21 | issue = 7–8 | pages = 596–600 | date = January 2003 | pmid = 12531324 | doi = 10.1016/S0264-410X(02)00623-0 }}</ref>

In 2024, a WHO/UNICEF report found "the number of children who received three doses of the vaccine against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (DTP) in 2023 – a key marker for global immunization coverage – stalled at 84% (108 million). However, the number of children who did not receive a single dose of the vaccine increased from 13.9 million in 2022 to 14.5 million in 2023. More than half of unvaccinated children live in the 31 countries with fragile, conflict-affected and vulnerable settings."<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Global childhood immunization levels stalled in 2023, leaving many without life-saving protection |url=https://www.who.int/news/item/15-07-2024-global-childhood-immunization-levels-stalled-in-2023-leaving-many-without-life-saving-protection |access-date=20 July 2024 |website=[[World Health Organization]] (WHO) }}</ref>

===United States===
Vaccines have led to major decreases in the prevalence of infectious diseases in the United States. In 2007, studies regarding the effectiveness of vaccines on mortality or morbidity rates of those exposed to various diseases found almost 100% decreases in death rates, and about a 90% decrease in exposure rates.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Roush SW, Murphy TV | title = Historical comparisons of morbidity and mortality for vaccine-preventable diseases in the United States | journal = JAMA | volume = 298 | issue = 18 | pages = 2155–63 | date = November 2007 | pmid = 18000199 | doi = 10.1001/jama.298.18.2155 | doi-access = free }}</ref> Vaccination adoption is reduced among some populations, such as those with low incomes, people with limited access to health care, and members of certain racial and ethnic minorities. Distrust of health-care providers, language barriers, and misleading or false information also contribute to lower adoption, as does [[anti-vaccine activism]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hill |first=Holly A. |date=2024 |title=Decline in Vaccination Coverage by Age 24 Months and Vaccination Inequities Among Children Born in 2020 and 2021 — National Immunization Survey-Child, United States, 2021–2023 |url=https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/73/wr/mm7338a3.htm |journal=MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report |volume=73 |issue=38 |pages=844–853 |doi=10.15585/mmwr.mm7338a3 |pmid=39325676 |issn=0149-2195|pmc=11563569 }}</ref>

Most government and private health insurance plans cover recommended vaccines at no charge when received by providers in their networks.<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 July 2024 |title=How to pay for vaccines |url=https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines-adults/recommended-vaccines/how-to-pay-adult-vaccines.html}}</ref> The federal [[Vaccines for Children Program]] and the [[Social Security Act]] are among the major sources of financial support for vaccination of those in lower-income groups.<ref>{{cite web |title=About the Vaccines for Children (VFC) Program |url=https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/programs/vfc/index.html |publisher=U.S. [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC) |access-date=8 December 2019 |date=2 April 2019 |archive-date=1 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200501175435/https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/programs/vfc/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Program for Distribution of Pediatric Vaccines |url=https://www.ssa.gov/OP_Home/ssact/title19/1928.htm |website=Social Security |publisher=U.S. Government |access-date=8 December 2019 |archive-date=30 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191030185531/https://www.ssa.gov/OP_Home/ssact/title19/1928.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC) publishes uniform national vaccine recommendations and immunization schedules, although state and local governments, as well as nongovernmental organizations, may have their own policies.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=7 September 2022 |title=Who Calls the Shots? A Legal and Historical Perspective on Vaccine Mandates |pmc=9449301 |last1=Fraser |first1=E. M. |last2=Neuss |first2=M. J. |journal=Chest |volume=162 |issue=3 |pages=659–663 |doi=10.1016/j.chest.2022.04.142 |pmid=36088093 }}</ref>