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Urgent polio vaccine rollout begins in Gaza

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Gasia Ohanes
September 1, 2024

The UN health agency and its partners have begun vaccinating children in Gaza against polio, a day before a massive vaccination campaign is formally due to start. The war has disrupted routine inoculations and destroyed medical facilities, allowing the return of the highly infectious and deadly disease.