Amid a looming famine and catastrophic health crisis, the United Nations have dispatched 90 aid trucks to the Gaza Strip after PM Benjamin Netanyahu agree to a temporary ceasefire.
As the war in Gaza pushes the region into a state akin to doomsday, the United Nations has issued a harrowing warning: up to 14,000 babies are at imminent risk of death due to the rapidly collapsing healthcare system, food insecurity, and lack of medical supplies.
"Extensive population movement consequent to the current ceasefire is likely to exacerbate the spread of poliovirus infection," says WHO.
In an effort to make Gaza polio-free again, a second round of vaccination campaign has begun from the 14th of October with an aim to cover 591,700 children.
UNRWA Chief reports the successful vaccination of 90 per cent of the children in Gaza against polio virus, also says, "Next challenge is to provide children with their second dose at the end of September."
During the first phase of polio vaccination campaign in Gaza, the UN bodies have successfully inoculated over 187000 children under ten years of age.
Amidst relentless onslaught by Israel Defense Forces, Gaza is also facing a polio outbreak, the first in the last 25 years. Find out how the UN bodies are trying to counter this disease in the region.
World aid groups are worried about the rising polio threat in Gaza and have urged for humanitarian pauses in the war-torn region.
As ceasefire remains a distant hope for the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, Palestinians are left with little food, fuel and almost no humanitarian supplies.
Amidst the devasting conflict going on in the Gaza Strip, a 10-month-old baby has been paralysed due to type 2 polio virus urging the UN to call for a humanitarian pause to inoculate all babies.
WHO stressed on the fact that vaccination of children in Gaza depends on security and access guarantees which have been incredibly difficult to ensure amidst the ongoing onslaught. A possible polio outbreak is a serious health threat to Palestinian as well as people across borders.
Gazan children are suffering from acute malnutrition as the Israeli onslaught continues, says WHO.
A 'temporary ceasefire crucial to successfully undertake the campaigns of eliminating a possible polio outbreak in Gaza Strip,' says WHO.
A severe health disaster looms over the Gaza Strip after the Gaza Health Ministry detected the component poliovirus type 2 in the sample sewage water flowing between camps of displaced Palestinians.
Gaza-Palestine War 2023: Harrowing Images From Hospitals Show the Devastating Impact of War.
Amid a looming famine and catastrophic health crisis, the United Nations have dispatched 90 aid trucks to the Gaza Strip after PM Benjamin Netanyahu agree to a temporary ceasefire.
As the war in Gaza pushes the region into a state akin to doomsday, the United Nations has issued a harrowing warning: up to 14,000 babies are at imminent risk of death due to the rapidly collapsing healthcare system, food insecurity, and lack of medical supplies.
"Extensive population movement consequent to the current ceasefire is likely to exacerbate the spread of poliovirus infection," says WHO.
In an effort to make Gaza polio-free again, a second round of vaccination campaign has begun from the 14th of October with an aim to cover 591,700 children.
UNRWA Chief reports the successful vaccination of 90 per cent of the children in Gaza against polio virus, also says, "Next challenge is to provide children with their second dose at the end of September."
During the first phase of polio vaccination campaign in Gaza, the UN bodies have successfully inoculated over 187000 children under ten years of age.
Amidst relentless onslaught by Israel Defense Forces, Gaza is also facing a polio outbreak, the first in the last 25 years. Find out how the UN bodies are trying to counter this disease in the region.
World aid groups are worried about the rising polio threat in Gaza and have urged for humanitarian pauses in the war-torn region.
As ceasefire remains a distant hope for the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, Palestinians are left with little food, fuel and almost no humanitarian supplies.
Amidst the devasting conflict going on in the Gaza Strip, a 10-month-old baby has been paralysed due to type 2 polio virus urging the UN to call for a humanitarian pause to inoculate all babies.
WHO stressed on the fact that vaccination of children in Gaza depends on security and access guarantees which have been incredibly difficult to ensure amidst the ongoing onslaught. A possible polio outbreak is a serious health threat to Palestinian as well as people across borders.
Gazan children are suffering from acute malnutrition as the Israeli onslaught continues, says WHO.
A 'temporary ceasefire crucial to successfully undertake the campaigns of eliminating a possible polio outbreak in Gaza Strip,' says WHO.
A severe health disaster looms over the Gaza Strip after the Gaza Health Ministry detected the component poliovirus type 2 in the sample sewage water flowing between camps of displaced Palestinians.
Gaza-Palestine War 2023: Harrowing Images From Hospitals Show the Devastating Impact of War.
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