The polio vaccination includes hundreds of thousands of Palestinian children in Gaza, whose health is at risk of contracting this disease due to the escalation of the Zionist genocide crisis.
In the midst of the relentless and merciless aggression of the Zionist regime against the residents of the Gaza Strip, and after 331 days of the massacre of defenseless women and children in this area, the first phase of the implementation of the polio vaccination plan in this strip began today (Sunday).
The polio vaccination includes hundreds of thousands of Palestinian children in Gaza, whose health is at risk of contracting this disease due to the escalation of the Zionist genocide crisis.
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) announced in a tweet on the “X” website earlier this afternoon that it has launched a massive immunization campaign against polio targeting about 640,000 Palestinian children under the age of ten. And he published a series of photos that he took during the implementation of this operation in his clinics and medical centers in the Gaza Strip.
“Rick Biber-Corn”, the representative of the World Health Organization in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, emphasized that “they cannot continue this campaign without a humanitarian ceasefire, and now this plan is taking place in the midst of extremely complex conditions and huge challenges.”
Bieberkorn explained, “The Palestinian Ministry of Health, together with the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) and its partners, are implementing this vaccination plan and providing two doses of the vaccine.” will help Palestinian children.
The representative of the World Health Organization in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, pointing out that 1,260,000 doses of polio vaccine have entered Gaza so far, added: “It is expected that 400,000 additional doses of polio vaccine will enter Gaza soon, and in this regard More than 2180 health and social workers have been trained to vaccinate children and educate the community about the importance of vaccination.
