Second round of Gaza polio vaccine campaign gets underway
Arriving at Deir el-Balah health centre in the central Gaza Strip, parents and children are taking part in the second round of polio vaccination being rolled out in the devastated territory. The first round of vaccination took place in early September, following the reporting of Gaza's first case of the disease in 25 years. The second round aims to offer follow-up doses to nearly 600,000 children under 10 years of age.
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00:24the President of the United States of America,
00:26the President of the United States of America,
00:29God bless you!
00:39need help with food.
00:42Obviously, because of the situation that we are experiencing,
00:44because of alleged propaganda and the spreading of diseases,
00:47because of the camps andanged schools,
00:50there are many people who are forced to go on hunger strikes.
00:56We have been working in the campaign for four days.
01:01We are currently working in the health center of Deir al-Balah.
01:26The war was a reason for the displacement of people from their homes and their presence
01:33in tents, and the absence of an underground building.
01:37The death of the mausoleums and the destruction of the underground building will be a reason
01:44for the spread of child poverty among children.
01:47I came here to feed the children for the second time.
01:52We learned about this through the media.
01:55We received a message from the Palestinian Ministry of Health on our cell phones
02:01to feed the children.
02:03The importance of feeding this child and the diseases we know during the war.
02:09Every governor must take care of his children.
02:22For more information, visit www.fema.org