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  1. BECC launches Polio Awareness Rally ahead of the National Pulse Polio Campaign. Over 601 vaccination booths, 87 transit booths and 62 mobile teams are ready to ensure every child recieve polio drops.

    links.nammaward.in/jSwhg

    #BECC #PulsePolio #PolioVaccination

  2. There is no treatment for #polio, but #vaccination prevents the #disease. Polio primarily affects #children under 5, although anyone who is #unvaccinated can contract the #virus. One of every 200 infections results in permanent #paralysis. Of those cases, up to 10% die when #breathing muscles become immobilized, according to the #WHO.

    #Israel #Netanyahu #Gaza #Palestinians #PolioVaccination #PublicHealth
    #InfectiousDisease
    #HumanitarianCrisis #geopolitics

  3. Mass #PolioVaccination to begin in #Gaza after the deadly disease reemerges
    
#Polio’s reemergence poses a threat to the #war-torn territory & adjacent regions.

The #WHO & its partners plan to start an ambitious mass vaccination campaign in Gaza on Sunday after an 11-month-old boy contracted the #Palestinian enclave’s first case of polio in 25 yrs.

    #Israel #Netanyahu #PublicHealth #virus #InfectiousDisease #paralysis #HumanitarianCrisis #geopolitics
    washingtonpost.com/world/2024/

  4. #israel #palestine : #war / #gaza / #middleeast / #truce / #health / #disease / #poliovaccination / #uno / #unicef / #who

    “Preventing and containing the spread of polio will take a massive, coordinated and urgent effort,” Mr. Guterres said, adding, “It is impossible to conduct a polio vaccination campaign with war raging all over.” He also warned that the disease could spread to neighboring countries if it were not quickly contained.“
    nytimes.com/2024/08/16/world/m

  5. Because of this man.... polio vaccine is available to all...

    Thank you Jonas Salk

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