Polio vaccine rollout ‘a huge undertaking’, says British doctor in Gaza
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Polio vaccine rollout ‘a huge undertaking’, says British doctor in Gaza

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} A British doctor helping manage the polio vaccine rollout for children in Gaza has said the campaign is a “huge undertaking” amid the devastation to local infrastructure and prevalence of disease. “It’s a huge undertaking because what we need is 95% vaccine coverage, but then you have to take into account that there’s destruction of water, sanitation, hygiene facilities and infrastructure,” he said. “If polio takes hold in Gaza, unfortunately, it may take years for it to become eradicated again, and it’s just another thing added to cause risk of death and serious harm to children here in Gaza.” About 1,500 children under the age of 10 have been vaccinated so far at Dr de Silva’s facility in central Gaza which consists of eight tents. He added: “It’s heartbreaking to see the destitution you see when you’re driving up and you see many, many, many children on the road and you’re unsure if they’re accompanied by adults.” The vaccinations at the healthcare facility will continue until Thursday, at which point the team will begin administering vaccines at the larger field hospital in Al Mawasi, Rafah.

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Israel killed over 1000 doctors, nurses in Gaza since Oct 7: Government Media Office
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Israel killed over 1000 doctors, nurses in Gaza since Oct 7: Government Media Office

New Indian Express  

The Government Media Office in Gaza has stated that the Israeli army is committing systematic attacks on the Palestinian territory's healthcare sector, revealing that at least 1000 doctors, nurses, and other medical personnel have been killed since the beginning of Israel's "genocidal" war on Gaza. In a press statement on Sunday, the office pointed out Israel's war crimes including targetted …

Israel hits back at claims it targeted Gaza polio vaccine clinic after four children wounded in strike - as UN chiefs brand situation in territory 'apocalyptic'
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Israel hits back at claims it targeted Gaza polio vaccine clinic after four children wounded in strike - as UN chiefs brand situation in territory 'apocalyptic'

Daily Mail  

Israel has hit back at claims that it targeted a Gaza vaccine clinic after four children were left wounded in a strike. The four children were among six people who were injured Saturday when a polio vaccination centre in northern Gaza was targeted. Palestinian children receive polio vaccination as a part of the second phase of the polio vaccination campaign …

Deadly Israeli Airstrikes Kill Dozens of People in Gaza and Lebanon
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Deadly Israeli Airstrikes Kill Dozens of People in Gaza and Lebanon

Deccan Chronicle  

Israeli airstrikes cause an apocalyptic situation in Gaza, killing at least 52 people and wounding scores more. The situation is described as 'apocalyptic' by the UN and other humanitarian organizations. The latest violence comes against the backdrop of a renewed diplomatic push by the US administration to reach temporary cease-fire deals.

Polio Vaccination Drive Resumes in Northern Gaza Despite Israeli Attacks
Top News
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Polio Vaccination Drive Resumes in Northern Gaza Despite Israeli Attacks

Al Jazeera  

Six people, including four children, injured in strike on polio vaccination center in northern Gaza. The UN's agency for children (UNICEF) said the vaccination campaign against the virus resumed in northern Gaza after multiple delays, but achieving this target is now unlikely due to access constraints.

Polio vaccines in Gaza amid the Israel–Hamas war: Water, disease, and health threats to Palestinians.
2 months ago

Polio vaccines in Gaza amid the Israel–Hamas war: Water, disease, and health threats to Palestinians.

Slate  

The expansion of the war in the Middle East has heightened the fears of citizens in Gaza that the war on us will be ignored. The war in Gaza is still getting worse in so many ways: the siege of the northern Gaza Strip and the spread of famine there; the deterioration of the economic situation; the increase in the …

View of Gaza’s Khan Younis city as NHS volunteers warn of catastrophic healthcare collapse
2 months, 2 weeks ago

View of Gaza’s Khan Younis city as NHS volunteers warn of catastrophic healthcare collapse

The Independent  

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The Taliban have suspended polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan, the UN says
3 months, 1 week ago

The Taliban have suspended polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan, the UN says

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The Taliban have suspended polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan, the U.N. said Monday. “The Global Polio Eradication Initiative is aware of the recent policy discussions on shifting from house-to-house polio vaccination campaigns to site-to-site vaccination in parts of Afghanistan,” said Dr. Hamid Jafari from the WHO. “The overall women’s inclusion in vaccination campaigns remains around …

Over 5,60,000 Children Vaccinated Against Polio In Gaza, Says UN
3 months, 1 week ago

Over 5,60,000 Children Vaccinated Against Polio In Gaza, Says UN

ABP News  

United Nations, Sep 14 The United Nations and its partners have vaccinated against polio more than 560,000 children under 10 in the Gaza Strip, UN humanitarians said. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs on Friday said the World Health Organization reported that the first round of the emergency vaccination campaign in the north, central, and southern zones …

First round of Gaza anti-polio campaign ends, 560,000 children vaccinated: UN
3 months, 1 week ago

First round of Gaza anti-polio campaign ends, 560,000 children vaccinated: UN

China Daily  

A Palestinian child is vaccinated against polio in Jabalia in northern Gaza Strip, September 10, 2024. UNITED NATIONS -- The United Nations and its partners have vaccinated against polio more than 560,000 children under 10 in the Gaza Strip, UN humanitarians said on Friday. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said the World Health Organization reported that …

Kids in Gaza are getting polio vaccines, but threat of Israeli airstrikes looms large
3 months, 1 week ago

Kids in Gaza are getting polio vaccines, but threat of Israeli airstrikes looms large

NPR  

Kids in Gaza are getting polio vaccines, but threat of Israeli airstrikes looms large Hundreds of thousands of children in Gaza are being vaccinated against the polio virus, but parents say the main threat to their lives are Israeli airstrikes. BATRAWY: When asked about the attack by NPR, the Israeli military said it's operating to dismantle Hamas' military capabilities and, …

Gaza’s humanitarian crisis hits new lows as sanitary conditions plummet
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Gaza’s humanitarian crisis hits new lows as sanitary conditions plummet

CNN  

Editor’s Note: This story contains graphic content. Even as the campaign to vaccinate Gaza’s children for polio continues, the United Nations and aid agencies warn of deteriorating public health conditions. On Sunday, the UN Relief and Works Agency, the UN body in charge of the Palestinian territories, said on X: “While we vaccinate children against polio, many other diseases continue …

Mass polio vaccination campaign to immunise 200,000 children in southern Gaza extended by a day
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Mass polio vaccination campaign to immunise 200,000 children in southern Gaza extended by a day

ABC  

The United Nations and local health authorities have extended a campaign to vaccinate children in the southern Gaza Strip against polio by an extra day. Palestinian children receive polio vaccinations at a hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on September 5. Senior Gaza emergency service official reportedly killed in Israeli strike An Israeli air strike on a …

Israel-Hamas war latest: UNICEF says polio vaccination campaign in Gaza is surpassing its target
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Israel-Hamas war latest: UNICEF says polio vaccination campaign in Gaza is surpassing its target

Associated Press  

The U.N. children’s agency says a polio vaccination campaign in Gaza reached 189,000 children, surpassing its target and providing a “rare bright spot” in nearly 11 months of war. Those three paragraphs focus on the number of Palestinian prisoners who would be released in exchange for Hamas’ Israeli hostages during the first phase of the three-phased cease-fire deal. Netanyahu has …

UN begins polio vaccination in Gaza
3 months, 3 weeks ago

UN begins polio vaccination in Gaza

China Daily  

A man holds a bottle of polio vaccine at a hospital in Gaza on Saturday. HANI ALSHAER/GETTY IMAGES The United Nations, in collaboration with Palestinian health authorities, began to vaccinate 640,000 children in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, with Israel and Hamas agreeing to brief pauses in the conflict to allow the vaccination campaign. Rik Peeperkorn, head of the World …

Polio vaccinations begin for Gaza’s 650,000 children as Israel expected to pause military campaign
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Polio vaccinations begin for Gaza’s 650,000 children as Israel expected to pause military campaign

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Hours earlier, Gaza's Health Ministry said hospitals received 89 …

Polio vaccine campaign begins in Gaza, as hostilities continue to worsen in West Bank
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Polio vaccine campaign begins in Gaza, as hostilities continue to worsen in West Bank

ABC  

A campaign to inoculate children in Gaza against polio and prevent the spread of the virus began on Saturday after the war-torn Palestinian territory recorded its first case of the disease in a quarter of a century. Children began receiving vaccines on Saturday, Gaza's health ministry announced in a news conference, a day before the large-scale rollout and first three-day …

UN-led campaign to vaccinate children against Polio kicks off in Gaza
3 months, 3 weeks ago

UN-led campaign to vaccinate children against Polio kicks off in Gaza

CNN  

CNN — The much-anticipated United Nations-led campaign to vaccinate hundreds of thousands of children in Gaza against polio began Sunday. While a first group of babies received polio vaccinations in Gaza on Saturday, the program officially started a day later in Gaza’s “middle areas,” according to the UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees. During a news conference organized by the Ministry …

Deaths rise in Gaza and West Bank attacks, as a polio vaccine campaign begins in the Gaza Strip
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Deaths rise in Gaza and West Bank attacks, as a polio vaccine campaign begins in the Gaza Strip

LA Times  

Palestinians stand in line next to Israeli armored vehicles during a military operation in the occupied West Bank’s Jenin refugee camp Saturday. The West Bank remained on edge Saturday as Israel’s military continued its large-scale military campaign, the deadliest since the Israel-Hamas war began. The medical charity Doctors Without Borders in a statement said it was alarmed by the scale …

Aid Groups Prepare To Fight Polio In Gaza
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Aid Groups Prepare To Fight Polio In Gaza

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING On Thursday, the United Nations announced a plan to try to address one of the most terrifying consequences of Israel’s U.S.-backed offensive war in the Gaza Strip: the return of the feared poliovirus to the Palestinian territory. Starting Sunday, medical personnel working with the U.N., partner organizations and Gaza’s Health Ministry will attempt to provide polio vaccines …

WHO delivers 1.2m polio vaccine doses to Gaza as pauses in fighting agreed
3 months, 3 weeks ago

WHO delivers 1.2m polio vaccine doses to Gaza as pauses in fighting agreed

The Independent  

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Israel, Hamas agree to pauses for polio vaccinations in Gaza
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Israel, Hamas agree to pauses for polio vaccinations in Gaza

China Daily  

Photo released on Aug 25, 2024 shows a worker of the UN Children's Fund prepares for delivery of polio vaccines to Gaza. Photo/UNICEF UNITED NATIONS -- Israel and Hamas have agreed to halt hostilities in the Gaza Strip for a World Health Organization -led polio vaccination campaign, a WHO official said on Thursday. Also in Gaza, the UN Office for …

Israel's military assault may trigger a polio epidemic in Gaza if vaccines can't reach people
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Israel's military assault may trigger a polio epidemic in Gaza if vaccines can't reach people

Salon  

During the recent Democratic National Convention in Chicago, half a dozen doctors assembled to protest the public health crisis caused by Israel's ongoing military onslaught in Gaza. "This is the correct vaccine for the current outbreak," Dr. William Haseltine, a pioneer in fighting HIV/AIDS and chair and president of the global health think tank Access Health International, told Salon. Dr. …

Israel agrees 'humanitarian pauses' in Gaza for polio vaccinations
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Israel agrees 'humanitarian pauses' in Gaza for polio vaccinations

Hindustan Times  

Israel has agreed to a series of three-day "humanitarian pauses" in Gaza to allow health officials to administer polio vaccinations to children in the territory, the World Health Organization said Thursday. "The way we discussed and agreed, the campaign will start on the first of September, in central Gaza, for three days, and there will be a humanitarian pause during …

WHO says its deal with Israel will allow limited pauses in Gaza fighting for polio vaccinations
3 months, 3 weeks ago

WHO says its deal with Israel will allow limited pauses in Gaza fighting for polio vaccinations

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. World Health Organization said Thursday that it has reached an agreement with Israel for limited pauses in fighting in Gaza to allow for polio vaccinations for hundreds of thousands of children after a baby contracted the first confirmed case in 25 years in the Palestinian territory. The vaccination campaign will start Sunday in central Gaza, …

Scientists: Baby in Gaza was infected with polio strain linked to mistakes in eradication campaign
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Scientists: Baby in Gaza was infected with polio strain linked to mistakes in eradication campaign

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Separately, a draft report by experts deemed the WHO …

UN says Israel agrees to pauses in Gaza fighting for polio vaccinations
3 months, 3 weeks ago

UN says Israel agrees to pauses in Gaza fighting for polio vaccinations

Al Jazeera  

Agreement consists of temporary pauses in separate areas of Gaza with goal of vaccinating 640,000 children under 10. The World Health Organization says it has received a “preliminary commitment” allowing for temporary “humanitarian pauses” in Gaza to distribute polio vaccines as deteriorating conditions caused by Israel’s war fuel the spread of disease and illness throughout the besieged strip. “It will …

WHO announces limited pauses in Gaza fighting to allow for polio vaccinations
3 months, 3 weeks ago

WHO announces limited pauses in Gaza fighting to allow for polio vaccinations

LA Times  

Infant Abdel-Rahman Abu El-Jedian, an 11-month-old who suffers from polio, is held by his mother, center, at a makeshift tent camp in Deir al Balah, central Gaza Strip, on Tuesday. The U.N. World Health Organization announced Thursday that there will be limited pauses in fighting in Gaza to allow for polio vaccinations for hundreds of thousands of children after a …

Israel agrees to pauses in fighting in Gaza for polio vaccination
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Israel agrees to pauses in fighting in Gaza for polio vaccination

CNN  

CNN — Israel has agreed to a series of pauses in fighting in Gaza in September to allow young children in the enclave to be vaccinated for polio, according to United Nations and Israeli officials. Sandra Rasheed, Anera’s country director for Palestine, told CNN the convoy was carrying medical supplies and fuel to the Emirati Red Crescent hospital in Gaza …

Polio vaccines are coming to Gaza, but for this baby boy, they’re too late
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Polio vaccines are coming to Gaza, but for this baby boy, they’re too late

CNN  

CNN — Abdul Rahman sleeps in a battered car seat, rocked by his mother Niveen Abu al-Jidyan. He should be walking by now, but he suddenly stopped moving.” Abdul Rahman is the first person in Gaza in 25 years to be diagnosed with polio – once one of the world’s most feared diseases, but now easily preventable with a vaccine. …

Polio vaccines are coming to Gaza, but for this baby boy, they’re too late
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Polio vaccines are coming to Gaza, but for this baby boy, they’re too late

CNN  

CNN — Abdul Rahman sleeps in a battered car seat, rocked by his mother Niveen Abu al-Jidyan. He should be walking by now, but he suddenly stopped moving.” Abdul Rahman is the first person in Gaza in 25 years to be diagnosed with polio – once one of the world’s most feared diseases, but now easily preventable with a vaccine. …

A 10-month-old Palestinian baby suddenly stopped crawling. Polio had struck Gaza
3 months, 3 weeks ago

A 10-month-old Palestinian baby suddenly stopped crawling. Polio had struck Gaza

Associated Press  

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Born into the devastating Israel-Hamas war, 10-month-old Abdel-Rahman Abu El-Jedian started crawling early. Suddenly, he stopped crawling, stopped moving, stopped standing up, and stopped sitting.” Health care workers in Gaza have been warning of the potential for a polio outbreak for months, as the humanitarian crisis unleashed by Israel’s offensive on the strip only grows. …

A 10-month-old Palestinian baby suddenly stopped crawling. Polio had struck Gaza
3 months, 3 weeks ago

A 10-month-old Palestinian baby suddenly stopped crawling. Polio had struck Gaza

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Suddenly, he stopped crawling, stopped moving, stopped standing up, …

UN halts Gaza aid deliveries after Israeli military orders new evacuation amid polio vaccine push
3 months, 3 weeks ago

UN halts Gaza aid deliveries after Israeli military orders new evacuation amid polio vaccine push

CNN  

CNN — The United Nations temporarily paused aid deliveries in Gaza on Monday over safety concerns after the Israeli military issued new evacuation orders, a senior UN official said, possibly complicating the launch of a polio vaccination campaign. In separate statements Tuesday, the UN’s main relief agency in Gaza, UNRWA, and the Palestinian Ministry of Health in the occupied West …

Polio vaccines are coming to children in Gaza. What road awaits them?
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Polio vaccines are coming to children in Gaza. What road awaits them?

CNN  

CNN — After six sewage samples taken in Gaza in late June tested positive for poliovirus, World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that it was “just a matter of time” before the disease reached thousands of Palestinian children. Israel’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, which manages the flow of aid into Gaza, previously said that …

Israel says more polio vaccines are delivered to Gaza, where aid groups seek pause in fighting
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Israel says more polio vaccines are delivered to Gaza, where aid groups seek pause in fighting

Associated Press  

Polio vaccines for more than 1 million people have been delivered to Gaza, Israel’s military said Sunday, after the first confirmed case of the disease in the territory in a quarter-century. The new statement by the Israeli military body responsible for Palestinian civilian affairs said five trucks with special refrigeration equipment for vaccine storage were brought into Gaza on Friday …

Israel says more polio vaccines are delivered to Gaza, where aid groups seek pause in fighting
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Israel says more polio vaccines are delivered to Gaza, where aid groups seek pause in fighting

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Israel’s military on Sunday said …

Aid groups in Gaza aim to avert a polio outbreak, plead for a pause in the war
4 months ago

Aid groups in Gaza aim to avert a polio outbreak, plead for a pause in the war

LA Times  

Palestinians displaced by the Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip walk through a dark streak of sewage flowing into the streets of Khan Yunis. The threat of polio is rising fast in the Gaza Strip, prompting aid groups to call for an urgent pause in the war so they can ramp up vaccinations and head off a full-blown outbreak. Polio …

UN calls for Gaza ceasefire to allow children to be vaccinated against polio after case confirmed
4 months ago

UN calls for Gaza ceasefire to allow children to be vaccinated against polio after case confirmed

ABC  

The UN is calling for a ceasefire in Gaza so it can launch a polio vaccination campaign following a confirmed case of the disease there. "Let's be clear: The ultimate vaccine for polio is peace and an immediate humanitarian ceasefire," Mr Guterres said on Friday. Mr Guterres said the UN was poised to launch a vaccination program for more than …

First case of polio confirmed in a 10-month-old child in Gaza, Palestinian health officials say
4 months ago

First case of polio confirmed in a 10-month-old child in Gaza, Palestinian health officials say

Associated Press  

RAMALLAH, West Bank — Palestinian health officials on Friday reported the first case of polio in an unvaccinated 10-month-old child in the Gaza city of Deir al-Balah, the first case in years in the coastal enclave that has been engulfed in the Israel-Hamas war since Oct. 7. After discovering the child’s symptoms, tests were conducted in Jordan’s capital of Amman …

10-month-old contracts Gaza’s first case of polio in 25 years
4 months, 1 week ago

10-month-old contracts Gaza’s first case of polio in 25 years

CNN  

CNN — Doctors in war-torn Gaza have detected a case of polio for the first time in 25 years, health officials said, as international aid bodies call for a pause in the conflict to make way for a vaccination drive. Two rounds of vaccination are expected to be launched this month and next across Gaza, UNICEF said in a news …

Stalked by polio, Gaza faces another siege
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Stalked by polio, Gaza faces another siege

The Hindu  

The United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs describes biological weapons as those that “disseminate disease-causing organisms or toxins to harm or kill humans, animals or plants”. Israel’s statement In the third week of July, Israel’s Health Ministry said it had found poliovirus particles in the sewage flowing out of Gaza. First, according to the UN, as of May 21, 2024, …

Polio epidemic declared in Gaza in latest sign of worsening health crisis
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Polio epidemic declared in Gaza in latest sign of worsening health crisis

Al Jazeera  

Gaza’s health ministry calls for ‘immediate intervention to end the aggression and find radical solutions’ to the health emergency. Gaza’s health ministry has declared a polio epidemic across the Palestinian enclave, blaming Israel’s devastating military offensive for the spread of the deadly virus. In a statement on Telegram, the ministry on Monday said the situation “poses a health threat to …

WHO sees ‘high risk’ of polio virus spreading across Gaza, assessment underway
4 months, 4 weeks ago

WHO sees ‘high risk’ of polio virus spreading across Gaza, assessment underway

The Hindu  

The World Health Organization said on Tuesday, July 23, 2024, that there was a high risk of the polio virus spreading across the Gaza Strip and beyond its borders, due to the dire health and sanitation situation in the war-ravaged Palestinian enclave. "There is a high risk of spreading of the circulating vaccine-derived polio virus in Gaza, not only because …

Polio detected in Gaza sewage water, threatening new health disaster
5 months ago

Polio detected in Gaza sewage water, threatening new health disaster

CNN  

CNN — The highly infectious polio virus has been found in sewage samples in Gaza, putting thousands of Palestinians at risk of contracting a disease that can cause paralysis. WHO said the findings are linked to the “disastrous sanitation situation” created by Israel’s brutal military assault in Gaza since the Hamas attacks of October 7. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus …

‘Ticking time bomb’: Poliovirus found in Gaza sewage
5 months ago

‘Ticking time bomb’: Poliovirus found in Gaza sewage

Al Jazeera  

Poliovirus has been detected in samples of sewage water in the densely populated Gaza Strip, placing “thousands” of Palestinians at risk of contracting the highly infectious disease that can cause paralysis. Gaza’s Ministry of Health said it had detected “component poliovirus type 2” in coordination with UNICEF, the United Nations children’s agency. Authorities in the central Gaza city of Deir …

No Polio Case in AP for Past 15 Years, Says Health Minister Rajini
9 months, 2 weeks ago

No Polio Case in AP for Past 15 Years, Says Health Minister Rajini

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: AP is polio-free. This was due to collective efforts, she said at a pulse polio immunisation programme that started on Sunday and targeted 53.36 lakh children in AP. The programme was held to mark National Polio Eradication Day, at UPHC Srinivasaraopet in Guntur.The minister formally launched the immunization programme by administering polio drops to children.Vidadala Rajini said that in …

Rare mutation forces Zimbabwe to start emergency polio vaccination drive
10 months ago

Rare mutation forces Zimbabwe to start emergency polio vaccination drive

The Independent  

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Gaza health officials say Israel's offensive has now killed more than 20,000 people
1 year ago

Gaza health officials say Israel's offensive has now killed more than 20,000 people

NPR  

Gaza health officials say Israel's offensive has now killed more than 20,000 people Enlarge this image toggle caption Anas Baba/NPR Anas Baba/NPR RAMALLAH, West Bank — Israel's devastating air-and-ground assault on Gaza has now killed more than 20,000 people in the 10 weeks since the conflict began, according to Gaza's Ministry of Health — a figure that is fast approaching …

Diseases spread in Gaza amid health system collapse, Israeli strikes
1 year ago

Diseases spread in Gaza amid health system collapse, Israeli strikes

Al Jazeera  

The besieged residents of the Gaza Strip who have so far survived Israel’s bombs and bullets, are increasingly faced with the spread of diseases amid heavy winter rains that have flooded their makeshift shelters, and an acute shortage of food and potable water. The UN health agency cautioned that the figures likely did not provide the full picture because of …

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