polio

The WHO said 94 per cent of children who got their first vaccine also received a second dose. ADVERTISEMENT Health workers have completed a polio vaccination campaign in Gaza, more …

Polio has made a comeback in the Gaza Strip after 25 years, forcing the United Nations and local health authorities to launch a vaccination campaign in the Palestinian enclave ravaged …

NewsFeed The United Nations has begun its campaign to vaccinate children in Gaza against polio, which can cause paralysis or even death. The first case of polio in 25 years …

The polio disease has re-emerged in the war-torn enclave more than two decades after it was eradicated. ADVERTISEMENT The European Union’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, has called for an …

A case of polio was reported in an unvaccinated 10-month-old baby in Gaza this month. ADVERTISEMENT Polio vaccines for more than one million people have been delivered to Gaza, Israel’s …

International groups have expressed their concerned after a first case of polio confirmed and others suspected in Gaza. ADVERTISEMENT Aid groups and international organisations are calling for a humanitarian pause …

Antonio Guterres says Gaza is in «humanitarian freefall» and calls for pause in fighting so aid agencies can deliver 1.6 million doses of the nOPV2 polio vaccine to the strip. …

NewsFeed The UN is readying 1.6 million doses of polio vaccine for children in Gaza as the disease spreads across the devastated strip. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that if a …

The global health body says virus could spread even beyond Gaza if violence does not end to enable immunisation push. The World Health Organization (WHO) says it is working on …

NewsFeed A polio ‘epidemic’ is sweeping through Gaza according to local health officials. The disease is easily prevented through vaccination, but Israel’s war has made that difficult. Published On 1 …