UN to vaccinate Gaza’s children against polio during pauses in fighting
Geneva, Switzerland Reuters The United Nations will start vaccinating some 640,000 children in the Gaza Strip against polio on Sunday, a campaign that relies on daily eight-hour pauses in fighting between Israel and Hamas militants in specific areas of the besieged enclave. The complex campaign, which is targeting children under age 10, follows confirmation last […]
Israel, Hamas set three-day pauses in fighting for Gaza polio vaccinations, WHO says
United Nations Reuters Israel’s military and Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to three separate, zoned three-day pauses in fighting in Gaza to allow for the first round of vaccination of 640,000 children against polio, a senior WHO official said on Thursday. The vaccination campaign is due to start on Sunday, with the pauses scheduled […]
WHO, UNICEF launch Afghan polio vaccine campaign with Taliban backing
Kabul, Afghanistan Reuters The World Health Organization and the United Nations children’s agency kicked off a polio vaccination campaign in Afghanistan on Monday, the first nationwide campaign to fight the disease in three years. Naikwali Shah Momim, the National Emergency Operations Coordinator for the polio programme at Afghanistan’s health ministry, told Reuters the campaign had […]