Israel and Hamas have agreed to brief pauses in fighting so that humanitarian workers can begin an inoculation campaign.
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Gaza Faces Polio Threat After 11 Months of War
Starting Sunday, the Israeli military and Hamas will observe brief, staggered pauses in fighting to allow 640,000 Gazan children to be vaccinated, U.N. officials said.
Polio Vaccination Campaign in Gaza Faces Major Hurdles
Starting Sunday, the Israeli military and Hamas will observe brief, staggered pauses in fighting to allow for 640,000 children to be vaccinated, officials said.
Polio Vaccination Campaign in Gaza Faces Major Hurdles
The operation depends on brief pauses in fighting in a war zone where the rule of law has broken down and hundreds of thousands of people are living in temporary shelters.
No Vaccines, Tests or Treatments: Congo Lacks Tools to Confront Mpox
The country at the center of a global health emergency is struggling even to diagnose cases and provide basic care.
Polio Vaccines Arrive in Gaza, but Distributing Them Is the Next Challenge
UNICEF is pushing for a pause in the fighting to allow health workers to get two doses to every child, after Gaza recorded its first polio case in 25 years.
Why Mpox Vaccines Aren’t Flowing to Africans in Desperate Need
Drugmakers have supplies ready to ship that are necessary to stop a potential pandemic. But W.H.O. regulations have slowed access.
Philippines Reports First Mpox Case Since W.H.O. Declared Global Emergency
It was not clear if the patient had contracted the new, potentially more deadly strain of the disease, which first appeared outside of Africa in Sweden last week.
The UN Calls for a Temporary Truce to Fight Polio in Gaza
Secretary General António Guterres’s public comments came just before Gazan health authorities announced the first case of the disease in the enclave in many years.
What to Know About Mpox After the Global Health Emergency Alert
The World Health Organization declared a global health emergency over an outbreak that has spread to more than a dozen African countries.