UN begins vaccine campaign for children across Gaza
An immunization campaign has begun across Gaza with the goal of reaching 44,000 children in three rounds, according to the United Nations Children's Fund.
The campaign -- run by UNICEF, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East and the Gaza Ministry of Health -- began on Sunday and will go through Nov. 18.
“It is estimated that 1 in 5 children under three years of age are either zero-dose or have missed vaccinations because of the conflict, putting them at risk of vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks,” UNICEF said in a statement.
“The catch-up campaign aims to provide these children with routine childhood vaccines that protect against measles, mumps, and rubella, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, hepatitis B, tuberculosis, polio, rotavirus and pneumonia,” UNICEF said.
-ABC News' Diaa Ostaz







