Gaza: WHO chief hails ‘massive success’ of polio campaign ... - UN News
WEB13 September 2024 Peace and Security. Around 560,000 children under ten have been successfully vaccinated against polio during the first round of an emergency campaign in the Gaza Strip, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Friday. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus tweeted that it had been “ …
Baby in Gaza paralyzed by mutated polio strain from vaccinated …
WEBAug 29, 2024 · LONDON (AP) — The baby in Gaza who was recently paralyzed by polio was infected with a mutated strain of the virus that vaccinated people shed in their waste, according to scientists who say the case is the result of …
Gaza Polio Crisis: What We Know - The New York Times
WEBAug 31, 2024 · Israel has agreed to staggered pauses in military operations, starting Sunday. Vaccinations will begin in central Gaza and last for three days there, with the option for an extension if necessary...
Gaza: First polio case confirmed in war-shattered enclave - UN News
WEBAug 23, 2024 · A 10-month-old boy paralysed by polio in Gaza has become the first confirmed case of the deadly disease to be detected in the war-ravaged enclave in 25 years.
Polio stalks Gazans as ‘anarchy’ spreads, humanitarians warn - UN News
WEBJul 19, 2024 · To add to the devastation of war and the complete breakdown of law and order, Gazans now have to contend with the threat of highly infectious polio disease linked to the disastrous sanitation...
Why Relief Agencies Are Rushing Polio Vaccines to Gaza
WEBAug 30, 2024 · Poor sanitation in Gaza means that at least 95 percent of children will need to receive two vaccine doses to reduce the chances that polio will re-emerge in the region, according to UNICEF.
After 11 Months of War, Gaza Faces a New Threat: Polio
WEBAug 30, 2024 · War and disease have been cruelly intertwined for as long as humans have confronted one another on the battlefield, and in the Gaza Strip, polio is now stalking a population that for nearly 11...
Large-scale polio vaccinations begin in war-ravaged Gaza after …
WEBSep 2, 2024 · Palestinian health authorities and United Nations agencies on Sunday began a large-scale campaign of vaccinations against polio in the Gaza Strip, hoping to prevent an outbreak in the territory that has been ravaged by the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.
The latest on where Gaza's polio came from — and the race to …
WEBSep 13, 2024 · Health officials sequenced the polio virus that appeared in Gaza and traced it to a strain last seen in Egypt in 2023. “There are obviously interactions between people in Egypt and in Gaza,” says Raul Andino, an immunologist at the University of California, San Francisco. “And this virus is very infectious, very easy to transmit.”.
The latest on where Gaza's polio came from - NPR
WEBSep 13, 2024 · Health officials sequenced the polio virus that appeared in Gaza and traced it to a strain last seen in Egypt in 2023. “There are obviously interactions between people in Egypt and in Gaza ...
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