Balgarianovinite.com An NGO has warned that Romania is facing its gravest vaccination crisis in decades. In a Facebook post, the Save the Children NGO informs that less than half of the children in the country have received a first dose of a measles vaccine in 2025. Some of the main reasons stated are misinformation on social media, removing vaccination from schools and isolation of the rural areas.
The organization pays attention to the decrease in vaccination coverage rate against MMR (measles, mumps and rubella), especially for the second dose, which is administered at age five. They call on authorities to simplify the reporting system, to provide communication training for medical staff, and to form teams at a local level for promoting vaccination among children.
According to European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control statistics, the total number of measles cases on EU level between February 1, 2024 and January 31, 2025 was 32,265 out of which 27,568 cases were in Romania. Between January 1, 2023 and December 31, 2025 35,736 measles cases were reported in the country, most of which were children under the age of 15 and the remaining among teenagers between the ages of 15 and 19. The same period has registered 30 death tolls.
The World Health Organization states that vaccination rates in all of Romania’s counties are below the recommended 95% with Bihor Country having the highest rate at over 70% and Arges County the lowest rate at 23,7%.
The European Regional Verification Commission for Measles and Rubella Elimination (RVC) concludes that Romania is one of the 13 countries in the European region of WHO where measles is endemic, meaning that the disease is regularly occurring.
Gabriela Alexandrescu, CEO of Save the Children in Romania declares the numbers “a collective failure, as every unvaccinated child is put at risk of a preventable disease and death”. Romania Faces Its Gravest Vaccination Crisis in Decades – NGO 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-02-16 16:02:00 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law
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