In Race Against Polio, Gaza Begins Vaccination Drive
Sunday, 1 September 2024 () Israel and Hamas agreed to pause the war to permit the vaccination of 640,000 children in Gaza. It will be a daunting effort for health workers.
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, is making an urgent plea for a humanitarian pause in Gaza to conduct a mass polio vaccination campaign. The situation is dire as bombs continue to fall, making it impossible to protect the children. The UN stresses that under the current conditions of...
When 10-month-old Abdel Rahman Abu al-Jedian contracted polio in July, he became the Gaza Strip's first case of the disease in 25 years. It had previously been detected in water in the war-torn..
One of the hostages, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, was an American citizen. Separately in Gaza, a polio vaccination drive was getting underway on Sunday. NYTimes.com
Palestinian health authorities and UN agencies have initiated an extensive polio vaccination campaign in Gaza, aiming to vaccinate about 640,000 children. The... IndiaTimes
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