Polio vaccination campaign resumes in northern Gaza

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,
Polio vaccination campaign finishes in Gaza, after violence delayed second round
The WHO said 94 per cent of children who got their first vaccine also received a second dose. View on euronews
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."
6 injured in attack on Gaza polio vaccination center: WHO
An attack on a primary health care center in northern Gaza has injured six people, including four children, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) as the third phase of a polio vaccination campaign resumed after a two-week delay due to security concerns.
Scaled down polio vaccination campaign begins in part of northern Gaza hit by intense bombardment
A scaled-down polio vaccination campaign began Saturday in part of northern Gaza, Palestinian health officials said, an area which has seen intense Israeli bombardment in recent weeks.
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,
IDF says Gaza polio vaccination campaign has been completed
Israel says that the Polio vaccination campaign in Gaza conducted in recent weeks has been completed, with some 1.1 million vaccines administered and a vaccination rate among children of over 90 percent.
Pakistan begins another vaccination campaign after a worrying surge in polio cases
Pakistan has begun a nationwide vaccination campaign to protect 45 million children from polio after a surge in new cases that has hampered years of efforts to stop the disease in one of the two countries where it has never been eradicated.
Gaza polio vaccinations to resume after WHO reports strike on clinic
A polio vaccination campaign in north Gaza is expected to resume on Sunday, a day after the World Health Organization (WHO) said six people, including four children, were injured following a strike on the Sheikh Radwan clinic.
Thousands of children in Gaza receive 2nd dose of polio vaccine, with others cut off
Health workers say they won't be able to vaccinate all the children they had planned to reach because of ongoing fighting.
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4 children injured in Israeli strike near Gaza polio vaccine clinic, WHO says
Multiple children were injured in an Israeli bombing near a vaccination clinic in northern Gaza, aid organizations reported, as the second round of a campaign to vaccinate children against polio ...