Dhaka, April 28 -- UNICEF, WHO and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, on Monday said nearly half a million children in Bangladesh miss full immunization despite 81.6 % coverage.

Marking the launch of the World Immunization Week 2025, they said Bangladesh has made strong strides to increase immunization coverage but stark disparities persist, raising serious concerns on the situation of almost half a million children.

Despite the remarkable progress of the country's Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI), around 400,000 children are under-immunized, and 70,000 (1.5%) have received no vaccines at all.

The gap is wider in urban areas - only 79% fully vaccinated, with 2.4% zero-dose and 9.8% under-immunized - compared to rural areas with 85% co...