Unicef ​​needs a ceasefire in Gaza to vaccinate 640,000 children against polio

The United Nations Children’s Fund “Unicef” on Friday called on the parties in the Gaza Strip to implement a 7 -day humanitarian ceasefire, to allow the vaccination of approximately 640,000 children against polio, which became a ‘new threat’ to the children’s children. The organization said in a statement on its website that “the World Health Organization and Unicef ​​are asking all parties to conflict to implement the periods of a humanitarian ceasefire in the Gaza Strip for a seven -day period to allow two rounds of vaccination campaigns.” She added that the temporary stop of fighting “children and families will enable to reach health facilities safely, and that social communication workers can reach children, who cannot reach health facilities to receive polio vaccination,” to emphasize that “without the periods of humanitarian ceasefire, the implementation of the campaign would not be possible.” She noted that two rounds of polio vaccination campaign is expected to be launched by the entire Gaza Strip at the end of August and September to prevent the spread of the plolavirus of style 2 (CVDPV2). During each round of the campaign, the Palestinian Ministry of Health, the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef), the United Nations Relief and Working Agency for Palestinian Refugees (Univa) and Partners will offer the new NOPV2 new mouth vaccine for more than 640 thousand children under the age of ten. She noted that the polio virus in the sector was discovered in July 2024, in environmental samples from the areas of Khan Yunis and Deir Al -Balah. 1.6 million vaccine doses and “UNICEF” said that more than 1.6 million doses of the 2 -style poly virus vaccine will be delivered, and vaccines and cooling equipment are expected to go by Israeli Ben -Gurion Airport by the end of August before arriving by the end of August. She emphasizes the need to facilitate the transfer of vaccines and cooling equipment in each step of the journey to ensure that they are received on time to implement two tours through the campaign run by 708 teams, with the participation of about 2700 health workers. She emphasized that the need to cover vaccination services by at least 95% during each round of the campaign, to prevent the spread of polio and reduce the risk of its appearance, given the serious deviation in the health, water and sanitation systems in the sector. Other requirements for the success of the success of the campaign include saving enough money, fuel and communication networks to reach local communities. A new threat to the Gaza’s children said the UN organization said “the Gaza strip has been free of polio viruses over the past twenty years, and its appearance, of which human society has warned over the past ten months, poses a new threat to children in the Gaza Strip and neighboring countries.” The organization emphasized that “the ceasefire is the only way to ensure public health security in the Gaza Strip and the region.” The World Health Organization raises the alarm from the outbreak of hepatitis A, and polio also among children. “The United Nations agencies have warned against the high risk of spreading infectious diseases in Gaza amid a chronic scarcity of water and the lack of a way to manage waste and wastewater appropriately,” the organization said in a report released early this month. Faith is a very infected virus that can penetrate the nervous system and cause paralysis. Polio has dropped 99% of the world since 1988 thanks to major vaccination campaigns, and the efforts to eliminate it are still ongoing. Richard Bibbercorn, a representative of the World Health Organization in the Occuped Palestinian Areas, said Gaza scored the cases of diarrhea 24 times more than the normal rate of injury, in addition to the registration of more than 100,000 cases of scabs and lice and 70 thousand cases of rash due to conquering excesses. The war launched by the Israeli forces on Gaza claimed the lives of more than 40,000 Palestinians in Gaza, according to the health authorities in the strip, which says that more than half of the victims are women and children.