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From Sunday, we’re giving out two oral doses of the polio vaccination, and then four weeks after this initial round of campaigns we will need to repeat the vaccination again. This is for 640,000 children across the Gaza Strip,
Louise Wateridge, a UN official, told the BBC This is a shocking incident. The convoy, which was coordinated by Anera and approved by Israeli authorities, included an Anera employee who was fortunately unharmed.”
Anera’s Palestine country director, Sandra Rasheed, said Military operations near hospitals also continue, effectively besieging these facilities and limiting the movement in and out, including that of medical staff,
We have urged them to immediately rectify the issues within their system that allowed this to happen,
Historically, they’ve had a top-down view of establishing an Islamic state,
said Daniel Byman, a counterterrorism specialist at Georgetown University I found the boy vomiting, he stopped moving and had a fever,
his mother, Nivine Abu Al-Jidyan, said in an interview this week with Reuters UN colleagues assessed the water, hygiene and sanitation conditions in two sites hosting over 1,200 families in Rafah,
We need these humanitarian pauses, ... otherwise it is impossible to do a proper [vaccination] campaign.
I’m unequivocal and unwavering in my commitment to Israel’s defense, and its ability to defend itself, and that’s not going to change,
It is especially important for Israel to facilitate access for agencies carrying out the vaccination campaign and for it to ensure periods of calm and refrain from military operations during vaccination campaign periods,
The way we discussed and agreed, the campaign will start on the first of September, in central Gaza, for three days, and there will be a humanitarian pause during the vaccination,
said Rik Peeperkorn, the agency's representative for Palestinian territories At least 90 percent of coverage is needed during each round of the campaign in order to stop the outbreak and prevent international spread of polio,
We stress the critical importance for all parties to adhere to the commitments that have been made,
Michael Ryan, WHO deputy director-general, told the UN Security Council We have an agreement on that, so we expect that all parties will stick to that,
From our experience, we know an additional day or two is very often needed to achieve sufficient coverage,
Mike Ryan, WHO emergencies director, told the UN Israel will work with WHO and other organs to support all the campaigns to bring vaccines into Gaza,
Israel's U.N. Ambassador Danny Danon told reporters on Wednesday We are ready to cooperate with international organizations to secure this campaign, serving and protecting more than 650,000 Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip,
Hamas official Basem Naim told Reuters We are committed to ensuring a successful vaccination campaign for the civilian population,
Over 2180 health workers and community outreach workers will support in implementing the campaign,
the WHO said in a statement shared with Newsweek We reiterate our call for a ceasefire to enable the rebuilding of the health system and strengthening of routine immunization,