Vaccination Gaps Grow in Bulgaria as Hundreds Contract Measles

Vaccination coverage is slipping in a number of middle- and high-income countries, including Bulgaria, as political priorities shift, health systems face ongoing challenges, and vaccine hesitancy continues to grow, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF's annual report on national immunization coverage for 2025. The report, which analyzes data from 195 countries, notes that governments and healthcare providers have managed to recover much of the vaccination ground lost during the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite that progress, millions of children worldwide remain unprotected because of armed conflicts, forced displacement, poverty, and unequal access to healthcare. ...