Nearly 94,000 children in Gaza City received a second dose of polio vaccine this weekend in an effort that was delayed by intense Israeli bombardment and mass evacuation orders in northern Gaza, the Gazan health ministry said. The second phase of the vaccination campaign was originally set to begin on Oct. 23 across the north […]
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Mass polio vaccination to begin in Gaza after the deadly disease reemerges The Washington Post 3 days, 640,000 children, 1.3M doses. The plan to vaccinate Gaza’s young against polio The Associated Press First children in Gaza given polio vaccines a day before planned UN rollout Al Jazeera English Polio vaccinations arrive in Gaza, but the sanitation crisis remains NBC
WHO announces pauses in Gaza fighting for polio vaccinations: Updates USA TODAY Israel agrees to pause fighting in Gaza for polio vaccination, says UN official CNN WHO Official Says Israeli Military Agrees to Gaza Humanitarian Pauses for Polio Shots Haaretz IDF sources say 80% of Hamas tunnels in Philadelphi Corridor neutralized The Times of Israel Middle East Crisis Israel
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Polio remains endemic in two countries: Afghanistan and Pakistan. To counter the spread of the disease, Pakistan launched an eradication campaign in 1994. The country used to report 20,000 cases annually, yet while the figure has come down significantly (five so far this year), the spread continues. Pakistan administers more than 300 million doses of
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