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UN aid teams ready to resume polio vaccination in Gaza’s shattered north

UN aid teams ready to resume polio vaccination in Gaza’s shattered north

Update: 2024-11-01
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The resumption of the mass polio campaign in northern Gaza this weekend is crucially important to protect children from disease, but they are “absolutely not safe” from daily bombardment.

That’s the message from UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestine refugees; along with the UN health agency (WHO) and the UN Children’s Fund. Humanitarians must now reach 119,000 children under 10 in northern communities in the coming days to keep them safe from polio, which is highly infectious.

With more, here’s UNRWA Senior Emergency Officer Louise Wateridge who’s been speaking to UN News’s Daniel Johnson from central Gaza.

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UN aid teams ready to resume polio vaccination in Gaza’s shattered north

UN aid teams ready to resume polio vaccination in Gaza’s shattered north

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