Gaza polio campaign

Palestinian children in south Gaza receive polio vaccinations amid continued war

Crowds of Palestinians gathered at medical centers in the south of the embattled Gaza Strip on Thursday for their children to be vaccinated against polio in the second stage of a campaign that has so far seen 187,000 youngsters inoculated. The U.N. Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA said the campaign, taking place after Hamas and Israel agreed on limited pauses in their fighting, was so far successful but complex. But the war continued elsewhere in the enclave, with Gaza health authorities repor...

September 4, 2024 5:07 PM

UN officials welcome progress in Gaza polio campaign, call for permanent ceasefire

The main United Nations agency for Palestinians said on Wednesday it was making good progress in rolling out a polio vaccine to children in Gaza, but called for a permanent ceasefire in the 11-month war to ease humanitarian suffering. UNRWA said that three days into the campaign in areas of central Gaza around 187,000 children have received the vaccine. The campaign will move to other areas of the enclave in the second stage. The campaign was triggered by the discovery of a case of polio in a ...