It follows a marketing campaign final 12 months that reached tons of of hundreds of younger kids beneath the age of 10. Polio virus was not too long ago detected in wastewater samples in Gaza, indicating that circulation is ongoing, thus placing younger lives in danger.
The marketing campaign is being led by the Palestinian Ministry of Well being and applied with help from the World Well being Group (WHO), the UN Kids’s Fund (UNICEF), UN Palestine refugee company UNRWA and different companions.
UNRWA Commissioner-Common Philippe Lazzarini wrote in put up on the social media platform X that 1,700 staff members are participating throughout the company’s well being centres and cellular factors.
Individually, WHO Director-Common Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated “groups are on the bottom offering help to make sure a top quality marketing campaign.”
UNRWA well being groups represent a 3rd of the response, comprising 555 out of the entire 1,660 groups concerned.
They are going to be issuing vaccinations in 10 of its well being centres: one in Rafah, three every in Khan Younis and the Center Space, and one in Gaza Metropolis within the north. Round 60 UNRWA cellular medical factors may also perform vaccinations.
The marketing campaign is about to run via 26 February.
