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WHO exceeds polio immunization targets for children in Gaza

WHO exceeds polio immunization targets for children in Gaza

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The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported that over 161,000 children under the age of 10 have received an initial dose of polio vaccine in the Gaza Strip. This number surpasses the target set by the WHO. The vaccination campaign, which is ongoing, is being carried out in a challenging environment due to the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas. The WHO representative has stated that "things are going well" so far, but the situation remains precarious. The vaccination effort is being conducted in localized areas where health workers have been able to access, and the WHO has reported that they are ahead of targets for polio vaccinations.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
World Health Organization
1. We ask for the humanitarian pauses to continue to be respected. We continue to call for a ceasefire.
Philippe Lazzarini
UN Relief and Works Agency
1. Great progress! Every day in the Middle Areas of #Gaza, more children are getting vaccines against #Polio.
2. While these polio 'pauses' are giving people some respite, what is urgently needed is a permanent ceasefire, the release of all hostages and the standard flow of humanitarian supplies including medical and hygiene supplies [into Gaza].
Richard Peeperkorn
World Health Organization
1. We want to ensure ... there will be no other Gaza children who actually will suffer from polio.
2. We need to cover a minimum of 90% of those children to stop the transmission within Gaza and to avoid polio spread, international spread of polio to surrounding countries.
3. But we also want to make sure that we prevent the spread from polio to neighboring countries.
Maha Abu Shamas
1. When I heard about the threat of polio spreading, I was terrified for my children. When I learned of a confirmed case of paralysis, I felt like my world had collapsed.
Nabil Al-Hasanat
1. We are all suffering a lot. I am glad I can do one thing to protect my children.
Hanin Abdullah
1. Protecting our children from polio is important, but the real fight is against the living conditions imposed by war. These conditions are destroying their mental and psychological health and even their future.
2. People here have lost faith in anything global or Western.

WHO exceeds polio immunization targets for children in Gaza

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