WHO surpasses polio vaccination targets in Gaza children

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The World Health Organisation in Gaza has said that it is ahead of its targets for polio vaccinations in Gaza on day three of the mass campaign, Reuters reports.

Rik Peeperkorn, WHO representative for the Occupied Palestinian territories, told reporters that it had vaccinated over 161,000 children under 10 in the central area in the first two days of its campaign versus a projected 150,000.

“Up until now things are going well,” he said. “These humanitarian pauses, up until now they work. We still have ten days to go.”

A Palestinian child is vaccinated against polio at a United Nations healthcare center in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on September 1, 2024. — Reuters
A Palestinian child is vaccinated against polio at a United Nations healthcare center in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on September 1, 2024. — Reuters

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