Around 560 000 children vaccinated in first round of polio campaign in Gaza
WEB6 days ago · Around 560 000 children under ten years old were vaccinated against polio during the first round of an emergency vaccination campaign conducted in three phases from 1-12 September 2024 in the Gaza Strip. The 12-day campaign provided novel oral polio vaccine type 2 (nOPV2) to 558 963 children, following meticulous planning and …
Large-scale polio vaccinations begin in war-ravaged Gaza after …
WEBSep 2, 2024 · Palestinian health authorities and United Nations agencies on Sunday began a large-scale campaign of vaccinations against polio in the Gaza Strip, hoping to prevent an outbreak in the territory that has been ravaged by the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.
Some Gazans Say Polio Drive Is Futile While Israel Keeps Bombing …
WEB6 days ago · The spread of polio in Gaza, where the first confirmed case in 25 years was recorded last month, poses a serious risk to Israel, Dr. Sparrow said, due to low vaccination rates in its ultra ...
Gaza Polio Crisis: What We Know - The New York Times
WEBAug 31, 2024 · How widespread is polio in the Gaza Strip? The first confirmed polio patient in Gaza in 25 years is a boy named Abdul Rahman Abu Al-Jidyan, who is almost a year old and living with his...
Gaza's polio vaccination campaign starts. Here's what to know : NPR
WEBAug 31, 2024 · Health workers in Gaza are starting an ambitious, mass vaccination effort in the Gaza Strip to stop the outbreak of polio and prevent international spread. The United Nations plans to reach more than 640,000 young Palestinian children in a matter of days. Israel has agreed to staggered pauses in fighting while the vaccination campaign is rolled ...
After 11 Months of War, Gaza Faces a New Threat: Polio
WEBAug 30, 2024 · War and disease have been cruelly intertwined for as long as humans have confronted one another on the battlefield, and in the Gaza Strip, polio is now stalking a population that for nearly...
Humanitarian pauses vital for critical polio vaccination campaign …
WEBAug 16, 2024 · Two rounds of a polio vaccination campaign are expected to be launched at the end of August and September 2024 across the Gaza Strip to prevent the spread of circulating variant type 2 poliovirus (cVDPV2).
Polio stalks Gazans as ‘anarchy’ spreads, humanitarians warn - UN News
WEBJul 19, 2024 · To add to the devastation of war and the complete breakdown of law and order, Gazans now have to contend with the threat of highly infectious polio disease linked to the disastrous sanitation...
Israel says more polio vaccines are delivered to Gaza, where aid …
WEBAug 26, 2024 · Polio vaccines for more than 1 million people have been delivered to Gaza, Israel’s military said Sunday, after the first confirmed case of the disease in the territory in a quarter-century.
First case of polio detected in Gaza, Palestinian health ... - NBC News
WEBAug 16, 2024 · A 10 month-old baby is the first recorded case of polio in the Gaza city of Deir al-Balah, the Palestinian health ministry said Friday. The child, who had symptoms of the highly infectious...