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World Immunization Week 2023 [1]

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Date: 2023-05

World Immunization Week 2023

World Immunization Week unites partners and people behind a focused global campaign to highlight the life-saving importance of vaccines. Our aim is to reach children who missed out on routine vaccination, return to at least 2019 coverage levels for children born in 2023, and strengthen immunization systems as part of primary health care.

World Immunization Week, celebrated globally each year during the last week of April, highlights the importance of vaccines in offering protection to people of all ages against many diseases.

The Big Catch-up

This year, during World Immunization Week 2023, WHO, along with its global partners, is launching a “The Big Catch-Up” campaign – a year-long initiative that has three objectives:

First, to catch-up, which means reaching children who have missed out on their routine Vaccinations;

Second, to restore, which means getting back to at least 2019 coverage levels for children born in 2023;

Third, to strengthen immunization systems as part of primary health care.

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