Israel has agreed to a series of pauses in fighting in Gaza to facilitate a polio vaccination campaign for young children in the enclave. The initiative, led by the World Health Organization (WHO) and other international organizations, aims to address the drop in polio vaccine coverage in Gaza, which has fallen to just over 80% since the recent conflict.
The vaccination campaign is set to begin on September 1 and will be implemented in three phases, starting in central Gaza for three days, followed by south Gaza, and then north Gaza. The goal is to vaccinate approximately 640,000 children under the age of 10 with two doses each.
