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UNICEF said on Tuesday that 2,400 children in Gaza have already been reached with multiple vaccines on the first day of its ongoing catch-up immunization, nutrition, and health campaign aimed at protecting children who missed routine vaccines during two years of Israeli war, Anadolu reports. The campaign, carried out with the WHO and partners, targets over 40,000 children under three and will be conducted in three rounds, with the first taking place from Nov. 9-18 and further planned for December and January. “We have procured 1 million vaccines and got them across and into Gaza to protect children against deadly preventable diseases such as polio, measles and pneumonia,” UNICEF spokesperson Ricardo Pires told journalists in Geneva. The campaign also includes […]
