161K Gaza Kiddies get 1st dose Polio Vaccine. Half a million to go

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The UN World Health Organization (WHO) announced that, as of Tuesday, 161,030 children under the age of 10 have received vaccinations in central Gaza. This achievement occurred within the first two days of the UN-led mass vaccination campaign, exceeding the initial goal of 156,000. This number represents approximately one quarter of the overall target population of 640,000 children.

“We think that we will need another day tomorrow to actually wrap-up the central zone completely,” said Dr. Rik Peeperkorn, World Health Organization (WHO) Representative for the Occupied Palestinian Territories who refers to the location shown in the image below.

UNRWA clinic in Al-Nuseirat campFamily looks on as infant is vaccinated with an oral polio vaccine at UNRWA clinic in Al-Nuseirat camp. Photo credit: Ziad Taleb / UN News. Photo is substantially cropped to FPM format. Art, cropping, enhancement: Rosa Yamamoto / Feminine-Perspective-Magazine

Due to the occupation Israeli forces restricting all food and medicine from Gaza, many Gaza children suffer one or more infectious diseases. This little one is told that ‘mom will be given some money to buy a medicine’. But the suffering and frustration of pain continues for the child, and many like him.


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Wednesday Update ON Vaccination Progress

“UNWRA and the WHO should be proud of their people because they deserve the world’s thanks and will likely get that from these children in future years,” commented Behar Abbasi from Gaza.

“I pray that there are no interruptions in their good work and that the second dose of the polio vaccine can be administered to 640,000 children in a month. So far, my best guess says that by this moment there are 200,000 children vaccinated and more are arriving. We are expressing our most positive support for this vaccination campaign with the oral vaccine and remind people that at least one dose is needed in the immediate future, likely using exactly the same locations and procedures if possible. Please everyone, help us get the little orphans vaccinated too. ‘Bring a child you know needs your help and save a valuable life,’ is what we are telling families,” continued Behar.

Vaccination teams will shift to the larger southern zone on Thursday for another three days and most likely a fourth, before the teams shift to the northern zone. “Four weeks later the process will be repeated for the second round of vaccination,” Dr. Peeperkorn added.