Progress and challenges with achieving universal immunization coverage: 2015 estimates of immunization coverage

86% of the world’s children received the required 3 doses of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis

containing vaccines (DTP3) in 2015, a coverage level that has been sustained above 85% since 2010. As a result, the number of children who did not receive routine life-saving vaccinations has dropped to an estimated 19.4 million, down from 33.8 million in 2000.

However, this progress falls short of global immunization targets. In 2012, all 194 WHO

Member States endorsed the Global Vaccine Action Plan (GVAP) and committed to ensuring no one misses out on vital immunizations, with a target of achieving 90% DTP3 vaccination coverage in all countries by 2015