How did routine vaccination coverage change worldwide during 2020?

When the world turned its attention to COVID-19 in 2020, a crucial question emerged: what happened to routine vaccinations for everything else? A new report has taken a global look at this very issue, examining coverage rates for standard vaccines across the worldwide population. The report focuses on the snapshot of 2020, a year when health systems everywhere were under immense strain. It's important to note that this is an observational report, not a controlled study, and it doesn't yet share specific results on whether vaccination rates increased, held steady, or dropped. The findings are a first step in understanding the broader impact of the pandemic year on essential preventive care.