Gaza

Gaza polio vaccine: What is polio and how will children be immunised?

The aim is to vaccinate some 640,000 children under the age of 10, the World Health Organization (WHO) says.The roll-out…

2 years ago

Humanitarian pauses in Gaza pave way for polio vaccinations

WHO Representative for the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT), Dr. Rik Peeperkorn, said that the two-round vaccination campaign is due to…

2 years ago

Israel agrees to pauses in fighting for Gaza polio vaccine drive

Around 1.26m doses of the novel oral polio vaccine type 2 (nOPV2) are already in Gaza, with 400,000 additional doses…

2 years ago

Gaza blogger Mohammad ‘Medo’ Halimy killed in alleged Israeli strike

Halimy built up a social media audience after his family were forced to flee their home when Israel began its…

2 years ago

UN Gaza aid operation continuing after staff forced to evacuate

On Tuesday evening, Under-Secretary-General for Safety and Security Gilles Michaud said in a statement that the UN was determined to…

2 years ago

Israeli forces rescue Bedouin hostage held by Hamas in Gaza

The Israeli military says it has rescued a Bedouin Arab hostage who was kidnapped by Hamas gunmen during the 7…

2 years ago

In Gaza, evacuation orders threaten to uproot UN’s aid hub once again

In an update, OCHA spokesperson Jens Laerke rejected any suggestion of stopping the lifesaving aid operation, despite the multiple challenges…

2 years ago

UN says Gaza aid operation temporarily halted due to evacuations

The United Nations says it has had to temporarily suspend its aid operation in the Gaza Strip because of Israeli…

2 years ago

Polio vaccines arrive in Gaza in boost to vaccination campaign: UNICEF

More than 640,000 children are targeted to receive the polio type two (nOPV) vaccines, UNICEF said in a post on…

2 years ago

Diseases spread in Gaza as sewage contaminates camps and coast

Aid agencies say doctors in Gaza are also struggling to treat a huge caseload of dysentery, pneumonia, and severe skin…

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