Israel agrees to pause in fighting to allow polio vaccination campaign in Gaza
Israel agrees to pause in fighting to allow polio vaccination campaign in Gaza
Polio
WHO presents polio vaccination plan for Gaza | Gaza
News feed The World Health Organization (WHO) announced the launch of the polio vaccination campaign for children in Gaza on September 1. It plans to vaccinate 640,000 children under the…
UN says Israel agrees to suspend Gaza fighting over polio vaccination | Israeli-Palestinian Conflict News
The deal provides for temporary pauses in different areas of Gaza with the aim of vaccinating 640,000 children under the age of 10. The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced…
Calls on the Security Council to speed up polio vaccination in Gaza | News
The UN Security Council held a session last Thursday evening to discuss the outbreak of polio in the Gaza Strip, while a number of delegates to the council condemned the…
10-month-old boy becomes first confirmed polio case in Gaza | Gaza
News feed A 10-month-old baby is the first confirmed case of polio in Gaza in 25 years, after UN officials called for a pause in Israel’s war to allow for…
Gaza: First polio case in 25 years, UN calls for ceasefire to distribute vaccines
This article was originally published in English António Guterres says the humanitarian situation in Gaza is in “freefall” and calls for a pause in the fighting so aid agencies can…
António Guterres: ‘The ultimate vaccine against polio in Gaza is peace’ | Israeli-Palestinian conflict
News feed The UN is preparing 1.6 million doses of polio vaccine for children in Gaza as the disease spreads across the devastated strip. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said that…
Gaza records first polio case as UN calls for truce to fight virus | United Nations News
Gaza’s health ministry announced it had detected the first case of polio in the besieged enclave, hours after United Nations officials called for a pause in the fighting to allow…
Lack of ceasefire hurting polio fight in Gaza, WHO says | Israeli-Palestinian conflict news
The world health body says the virus could spread even beyond Gaza if violence does not stop to allow the vaccination campaign to take place. The World Health Organization (WHO)…
Gaza health officials declare polio ‘outbreak’ as virus spreads | Israeli-Palestinian conflict
News According to local health authorities, a polio “epidemic” is raging in Gaza. Vaccination is a simple measure to prevent, but Israel’s war makes this difficult. Published on August 1,…