Polio vaccination campaign to resume in northern Gaza: WHO-UNICEF
Nov 02, 2024
Geneva [Switzerland], November 2: 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, intense bombardment, and mass evacuation orders. These conditions made it impossible for families to safely bring their children for vaccination and to organise campaign activities, according to a joint statement issued today by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).
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