New Delhi, July 15 -- The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday called for renewed efforts to ensure every child in the South-East Asia Region receives life-saving vaccines, despite the region maintaining high routine immunisation coverage in 2025, an official release from the organisation said.

According to the latest WHO and United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) Estimates of National Immunisation Coverage (WUENIC) 2025, nearly 1.2 million children in the region did not receive their first routine vaccine in 2025, while around 600,000 children remained only partially vaccinated, leaving them vulnerable to vaccine-preventable diseases.

The WHO South-East Asia Region remained the highest-performing among ...