Polio vaccination campaign finishes in Gaza

UN says Gaza polio vaccination campaign complete
The UN said Wednesday its Gaza child polio vaccination drive was complete, with more than half a million children vaccinated despite the Israel-Hamas war raging in the Palestinian territory. "The second round of the polio vaccination campaign in the Gaza Strip was completed yesterday (Tuesday),
Gaza: Polio campaign reaches 94,000 children in besieged north
The UN-supported polio vaccine campaign concluded in besieged northern Gaza on Monday, with agencies inoculating 94,000 children, but thousands still remain out of reach. Richard Peeperkorn of the World Health Organization (WHO) in the Occupied Palestinian Territory said the target was to reach all children in the north with the second and final dose.
Gaza completes second round of polio vaccination campaign despite conflict barriers
The second round of the polio vaccination campaign in the Gaza Strip was completed yesterday, with an overall 556 774 children under the age of 10 being vaccinated with a second dose of polio vaccine,
Polio vaccination campaign paused in Gaza as UNICEF warns of 'humanitarian system collapse'
Intense fighting in northern Gaza has led health officials to pause the second round the polio vaccination campaign as UNICEF warns of a possible "humanitarian collapse."
Israeli Military Says Gaza Polio Vaccination Campaign Completed
On Tuesday, Rik Peeperkorn, the WHO representative in the Palestinian Territories, said the mass evacuations from areas in northern Gaza where the Israeli military has been operat
Polio vaccination campaign set to resume amidst challenges in Gaza
A third phase of the polio vaccination campaign is set to begin tomorrow in part of the northern Gaza Strip after being postponed from 23 October 2024 due to lack of access and assured, comprehensive humanitarian pauses,
Unicef says polio vaccination campaign in Gaza has been completed
A mass vaccination campaign against polio in the Gaza Strip has been completed in just over two months, Israel and the UN Children's Fund Unicef said on Wednesday. A total of around 1.1 million doses of vaccine have been administered in the embattled coastal strip,
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