polio vaccination

Third phase of polio vaccination in Gaza begins on Saturday

Friday-1-November-2024

The third phase of the polio vaccination campaign in Gaza governorate for children under the age of ten is set to begin on Saturday, according to an announcement by the Palestinian Ministry of Health.

Health Ministry warns of polio outbreak in northern Gaza after Israel blocked vaccine campaign

Wednesday-30-October-2024

The Palestinian Ministry of Health has warned of the repercussions of Israel’s prevention of the implementation of polio vaccination campaign in northern Gaza, announcing its intention to start vaccinating children next Saturday.

WHO: 181,000 children in Gaza vaccinated in 2nd round of polio vaccination campaign

Friday-18-October-2024

The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Ghebreyesus, said on Thursday that more than 181,000 children were vaccinated in the second round of the polio vaccination campaign in the Gaza Strip.

UNICEF: The second polio vaccination dose in Gaza will start on October 14

Friday-11-October-2024

Catherine Russell, the Executive Director of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), announced on Thursday that the second round of the polio vaccination campaign in the Gaza Strip will begin on October 14.

WHO: A second dose of polio vaccine should be given to children in Gaza

Saturday-5-October-2024

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday that “the children of Gaza should receive a second dose of the polio vaccine, starting on October 14.”

105,000 Palestinian children receive polio vaccines in northern Gaza in two days

Thursday-12-September-2024

The Palestinian ministry of Health in Gaza announced on Thursday that about 105,000 children in the governorates of Gaza and North Gaza have received polio vaccines over the past two days.

IOF detains UN convoy on its way to Gaza for 8 hours

Tuesday-10-September-2024

The Commissioner-General of UNRWA, Philippe Lazzarini, said that the Israeli occupation army stopped a UN convoy on its way to northern Gaza for more than eight hours on Monday despite prior detailed coordination.

Thousands of children in Gaza receive polio vaccines on 1st day of the vaccination campaign

Monday-2-September-2024

The spokesman for the Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip, Ashraf al-Qudra, said on Sunday that the first day of the polio vaccination campaign launched by UNRWA in Central Gaza witnessed a great turnout.

GMO demands immediate ceasefire in Gaza to carry out polio vaccination campaign

Saturday-31-August-2024

The Government Media Office (GMO) in Gaza said that the polio vaccination campaign in the Gaza Strip requires an immediate ceasefire, stressing that the continuation of the genocide war poses a real threat to civilians.

Al-Resheq: Netanyahu’s statement on polio vaccines is misleading manipulation

Thursday-29-August-2024

The member of the Hamas Political Bureau, Ezzat al-Resheq, said on Wednesday evening that the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s statements about allocating certain places in Gaza to giving polio vaccines represent a new misleading manipulation.