The primary spherical of the polio vaccination marketing campaign, which started on Sep 1, reached its goal of 90 per cent of youngsters underneath 10 years of age, the UN has stated.
It was carried out in phases over two weeks throughout humanitarian pauses within the preventing between Israel and Palestinian militants Hamas.
The World Well being Organisation (WHO) confirmed in August {that a} child was partially paralysed by the kind 2 polio virus, the primary such case within the territory in 25 years.
“UNICEF will embrace Vitamin A dietary supplements to strengthen youngsters’s immune methods. Kids in Gaza dwell in extraordinarily dire hygiene and sanitation circumstances,” Russell stated.
“With the extra vaccine gear and chilly containers that arrived yesterday, UNICEF is able to ship and vaccinate youngsters to cease the transmission of polio,” she stated.
“The success of the primary spherical exhibits that when agreements are revered, we will get the job achieved.”
