An employee of Bapor is vaccinated by a child in gas in November 2024. A mass campaign for vaccination from poliomyelitis will resume in the gas sector Healthcare From February 22 to 26, a mass campaign for vaccination against poliomyelitis will be held in the gas sector. This was announced on Wednesday by the World Health Organization. The new oral vaccine type 2 (Nov2) will receive 591 thousand children under the age of 10 years. the campaign was decided to carry out after the polyovirus was found in the samples of wastewater in gas, which indicates its circulation in the environment. The current situation in the sector, including the overpopulation of shelters and the seriously damaged infrastructure of water supply, sanitation and hygiene, contributes to the spread of polyovirus. The situation is aggravated by the mass movement of the population after the ceasefire. The two previous rounds of gas vaccination were successfully carried out in September and October 2024. Since the polyovirus for a long time remains in the environment, additional measures for vaccination are needed to instill each child and in general strengthen the immunity of the population. The presence of the virus is still a danger to children with low immunity in gas and throughout the region. & Amp; nbsp; & nbsp; 60 > in 2024 medical workers encountered significant difficulties in access to some areas of the central, northern and southern parts Gazes, which during the conflict required special attention. In such hard-to-reach settlements as Dzhabalia, Beit Lahia and Beit Khanun, where humanitarian pauses for the vaccination campaign were not provided, about seven thousand children did not undergo immunization during the second round. 62 ~~ since in August 2024 in The sector as a result of infection with poliovirus was paralyzed by a ten-month-old child, there were no new cases, however, environmental samples from Deir El-Balah and Khan-Junis, collected in December 2024 and January 2025, confirm the presence of polyvirus. campaign will be carried out under the leadership of the Ministry of Health of Palestine with the support of the World Health Organization (WHO), the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the UN agency to help Palestinian refugees and the organization of work (Bapor) and other partners. & nbsp; 62 > 62 > 62 > 62 ~