Gaza, WHO and polio
WHO hopes to start second round of polio vaccination in Gaza on Oct 14
“We have requested the start of the second round of the polio campaign on Oct 14... and we expect that the vaccination should finish by the Oct 29,” said Mr Ayadil Saparbekov, the senior WHO official for emergencies in the Palestinian territories. In August, Gaza reported its first confirmed case of polio in 25 years.
How a Vaccination Campaign Aims to End Polio in Gaza
Flawed implementation of a global eradication strategy brought poliovirus to Gaza, and wartime conditions let the infection spread
WHO says it's in talks with Israel to start 2nd round of polio vaccination drive in Gaza on Oct 14
The WHO said that it is in talks with Israel to start the second phase of the polio vaccination drive on October 14. In the first phase of the drive, the international body manage do deliver vaccine d
WHO aims to begin second phase of polio campaign in Gaza on Oct. 14
A World Health Organization official on Friday said the organisation has sent a request to Israel to begin the second phase of the polio vaccination campaign in Gaza from Oct. 14.
WHO plans second round of polio vaccinations in Gaza
The World Health Organization (WHO) is negotiating with Israel for new ceasefires in the Gaza Strip to vaccinate children against polio for a second time. The authorities have been presented with plans for a vaccination campaign between October 14 and 29,
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Israel stops vaccinating against oral polio, for fear of resistant strains developing
The Health Ministry has decided to phase out vaccinating with the bOPV component against polio, which is given orally as part ...
Rotary hosting program with polio survivor, doctors in East Stroudsburg | Kulick
Kulick: The Stroudsburgs Rotary will host an informational event with a polio survivor and doctors for World Polio Day.
Exemptions for routine vaccines among kindergartners reach record highs: CDC
New CDC data published Wednesday found vaccination coverage among kindergartners fell slightly from the year before as ...
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Why Polio Is Making a Comeback
In the last two years, vaccine-derived polio has been spotted in the United States and Gaza. Now the original wild-type polio ...
Explained: The disastrous fallout of Taliban's suspension of polio vaccines in Afghanistan
Afghanistan is one of only two countries, alongside neighbouring Pakistan, where polio has continued to spread. So the news ...
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CM reaffirms commitment to eradicating polio from Sindh
"We can defeat polio together. I appeal to all parents to support us in protecting their children from this crippling," says ...
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Govt targets vaccinating 2.7m children against polio
Health authorities target vaccinating 962, 539 of the 4.6 million children in Jinja City. The Moroto target is 27, 1627 of ...
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Polio vaccine campaign begins in Gaza a day before fighting is expected to pause
It will allow health workers to administer vaccines with the aim of reaching some 640,000 Palestinian children. The vaccination campaign comes after the first polio case in 25 years in Gaza was ...