New round of polio vaccinations begins in Gaza | UN News (2025-02-22)

https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/02/1160411
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“The latest round of a large-scale polio vaccination campaign in Gaza targeting nearly 600,000 young children got underway on Saturday.”

“The campaign is being led by the Palestinian Ministry of Health and implemented with support from the World Health Organization (#WHO), the UN Children’s Fund (#UNICEF), UN Palestine refugee agency #UNRWA and other partners.”

#Polio #vaccination
@palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@a.gup.pe @israel

The World Health Organization says a mass vaccination campaign against polio in Gaza will resume on Saturday, aiming to reach more than half a million children.

“The current environment in Gaza, including overcrowding in shelters and severely damaged water, sanitation and hygiene infrastructure, which facilitates faecal-oral transmission, create ideal conditions for further spread of polio virus,” the WHO statement said.

@palestine
#Gaza
#children
#polio
#WHO

#Publichealth data shows #vaccines have saved at least 154 million lives worldwide over the past 50 years. A biochemist breaks down how claims by RFK Jr. about vaccine safety and effectiveness are inaccurate: https://theconversation.com/vaccine-misinformation-distorts-science-a-biochemist-explains-how-rfk-jr-and-his-lawyers-claims-threaten-public-health-246000 #measles #mumps #polio #mmr #science #vaccineswork

Did you know that Article 27 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights provides for unimpeded access to “scientific advancements and their benefits?”

So when the unqualified and un-credentialed Robert Kennedy, Jr. says he will revoke approval for the polio vaccine, he’s also saying, “Please, someone, drag my ass to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.”

https://www.un.org/en/about-us/universal-declaration-of-human-rights#:~:text=Article%2027&text=Everyone%20has%20the%20right%20to%20the%20protection%20of%20the%20moral,which%20he%20is%20the%20author.

Abwassermonitoring: Polio-Viren in Klärwerken nachgewiesen

In den Abwasserproben mehrerer Städte wurden Polioviren nachgewiesen - abgeschwächte Impfviren. Der Fund ist für Wissenschaftler kein Grund zur Sorge, sondern ein Beleg dafür, wie gut die Kontrollen funktionieren.

https://www.tagesschau.de/wissen/gesundheit/impfpolioviren-abwasser-klaeranlagen-viren-polio-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

@Remittancegirl Was she vaccinated against #Polio?

#Polio vaccination is ongoing in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza strip. The "humanitarian pause" Israel announced does not cover Maghazi and Albureij camps which means parents who try to bring their children to vaccination points risk getting killed on the way.

#Gaza #Palestine #genocide

https://youtu.be/j1LmWRFegDo?feature=shared

Impfkampagne gegen Polio im Gazastreifen läuft laut WHO gut an

Die Sorge vor einer Ausbreitung der gefährlichen Polioviren im Gazastreifen ist groß. Doch nun gibt es erste Erfolge: 86.000 Kinder wurden bereits gegen das Virus geimpft. Hunderttausende weitere Impfungen sind geplant.

https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/asien/impfkampagne-kinderlaehmung-gaza-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

Save the children...

From polio so they can be killed by IDF and die in starvation.

The western morality is some freaking awesome isn't it?

#Gaza #Children #Genocide #polio #Vaccination #israel @palestine @israel

The #Israeli occupiers did allow the #UNWRA to give a rejected #polio #vaccine to the children of #Gaza.
And why not? It saves you on bombs and makes you look like a saint.
#Palestine #UN
https://x.com/ShadowofEzra/status/1830344551489548516

Risiko durch Kinderlähmung: "Wir müssen weiter gegen Polio impfen"

Im Gazastreifen ist der erste Fall von Kinderlähmung bestätigt worden - morgen soll eine groß angelegte Impfkampage starten. Immunologe Förster plädiert im Gespräch mit der tagesschau für umfangreiche Hilfe.

https://www.tagesschau.de/wissen/gesundheit/polio-108.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

Feuerpausen für Polio-Impfungen im Gazastreifen

640.000 Kinder - binnen neun Stunden an dreimal drei Tagen: Feuerpausen sollen die dringend nötigen Polio-Impfungen im Gazastreifen ermöglichen. Die Weltgesundheitsorganisation setzt darauf, dass die Kriegsparteien Wort halten.

https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/asien/gazastreifen-polio-impfungen-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

#Polio in #Gaza, #Cholera in #Sudan, deadly and devastating #floods in #Nigeria and #Bangladesh, brutal killings in #Pakistan, #Germany and #Palestine (including but not limited to #Gaza), #hunger and #misery across the continents and so many wars that don't seem ever to end, while the #greed of the #rich appear to be limitless.

How to still have hope for this generation?

@palestine

#satire
'#KamalaHarris loves #Palestinians so much she wouldn't let them speak ... This is why she is the #peacecandidate'

"After ten months of destruction, #Gaza has seen its first case of #polio in 25 years, which has left a baby who was born at the start of the war paralysed. The #Democrats have therefore focused on the urgent matter of ensuring Palestinians can’t speak at their conventions. I mean someone had to silence these monsters…"

https://www.normalisland.co.uk/p/kamala-loves-palestinians-so-much @palestine #USElection

Wachsende Angst vor einer Polio-Epidemie im Gazastreifen

Jeden Tag toben im Gazastreifen Kämpfe und die Zerstörung nimmt zu. Inmitten des Krieges droht nun die Ausbreitung des Polio-Erregers. Doch für Impfungen bräuchte es dringend eine Feuerpause. Von Jan-Christoph Kitzler.

https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/asien/israel-gazastreifen-polio-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de