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Venezuela’s alarmingly low vaccine rate among worst in world

Children jump in an inflatable castle during a free vaccination campaign for polio, rubella and influenza organized by the Health Ministry in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, June 18, 2022. An Associated Press analysis of rare government data and estimates from public health agencies shows that Venezuela’s vaccination crisis is growing, putting it among the world’s worst countries for getting required shots that protect young children against potentially fatal diseases. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Photographed through a window, a woman holds a baby during a free vaccination campaign for polio, rubella and influenza organized by the Health Ministry in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, June 18, 2022. An Associated Press analysis of rare government data and estimates from public health agencies shows that Venezuela’s vaccination crisis is growing, putting it among the world’s worst countries for getting required shots that protect young children against potentially fatal diseases. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

A child cries out as she is inoculated during a free vaccination campaign for polio, rubella and influenza organized by the Health Ministry in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, June 18, 2022. An Associated Press analysis of rare government data and estimates from public health agencies shows that Venezuela’s vaccination crisis is growing, putting it among the world’s worst countries for getting required shots that protect young children against potentially fatal diseases. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Nineteen-month-old Anastasia Campos sucks on her pacifier as she waits to be inoculated during a free vaccination campaign for polio, rubella and influenza organized by the Health Ministry in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, June 18, 2022. An Associated Press analysis of rare government data and estimates from public health agencies shows that Venezuela’s vaccination crisis is growing, putting it among the world’s worst countries for getting required shots that protect young children against potentially fatal diseases. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Dimas Campos holds his 19-month-old daughter Anastasia as his wife, standing, talk with a nurse holding a child from her own family, about Anastasia's vaccination card during a free vaccination campaign for polio, rubella and influenza organized by the Health Ministry in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, June 18, 2022. An Associated Press analysis of rare government data and estimates from public health agencies shows that Venezuela’s vaccination crisis is growing, putting it among the world’s worst countries for getting required shots that protect young children against potentially fatal diseases. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

A baby reaches out for balloons on display at a free vaccination campaign for polio, rubella and influenza organized by the Health Ministry in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, June 18, 2022. An Associated Press analysis of rare government data and estimates from public health agencies shows that Venezuela’s vaccination crisis is growing, putting it among the world’s worst countries for getting required shots that protect young children against potentially fatal diseases. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Yuberlim Salazar watches a nurse fill out a form for her daughter to be vaccinated during a free vaccination campaign for polio, rubella and influenza organized by the Health Ministry in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, June 18, 2022. An Associated Press analysis of rare government data and estimates from public health agencies shows that Venezuela’s vaccination crisis is growing, putting it among the world’s worst countries for getting required shots that protect young children against potentially fatal diseases. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Children hold toys they were gifted as they wait their turns to be inoculated during a free vaccination campaign for polio, rubella and influenza, organized by the Health Ministry, in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, June 18, 2022. An Associated Press analysis of rare government data and estimates from public health agencies shows that Venezuela’s vaccination crisis is growing, putting it among the world’s worst countries for getting required shots that protect young children against potentially fatal diseases. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

A nurse holds a vaccination card during a free vaccination campaign for polio, rubella and influenza organized by the Health Ministry in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, June 18, 2022. An Associated Press analysis of rare government data and estimates from public health agencies shows that Venezuela’s vaccination crisis is growing, putting it among the world’s worst countries for getting required shots that protect young children against potentially fatal diseases. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Nurses look over a child's vaccination card during a free vaccination campaign for polio, rubella and influenza organized by the Health Ministry in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, June 18, 2022. An Associated Press analysis of rare government data and estimates from public health agencies shows that Venezuela’s vaccination crisis is growing, putting it among the world’s worst countries for getting required shots that protect young children against potentially fatal diseases. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

A toddler is inoculated for polio during a free vaccination campaign for polio, rubella and influenza organized by the Health Ministry in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, June 18, 2022. An Associated Press analysis of rare government data and estimates from public health agencies shows that Venezuela’s vaccination crisis is growing, putting it among the world’s worst countries for getting required shots that protect young children against potentially fatal diseases. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuela’s alarmingly low vaccine rate among worst in world