The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees warned of the worsening health conditions in the Gaza Strip.
Publish dateTuesday 17 September 2024 - 12:13
Story Code : 296982
Afghan Voice Agency (AVA) - Monitoring: In a post published on X on Monday, UNRWA said, "Sanitary conditions in Gaza are worsening by the day. Insects and rodents can spread diseases, threatening people's health and well-being."
"UNRWA teams are working to help displaced families in shelters stop them from invading people's already crammed living spaces," it added.
Waste material piling up across Gaza after the Israeli regime seized control of the territory is another health hazard. The rubbish piling up creates an imminent or potentially serious risk to the health of any person in the area.
The Israeli forces have seized control of the Gaza Strip's two main landfills, east of the cities of Khan Younis and Gaza City.
The UN agency's chief said the first phase of the Gaza polio campaign had reached most of the children trapped in the besieged Gaza Strip.
On September 1st, the United Nations with the help of Palestinian health authorities launched a campaign to vaccinate children in the Gaza Strip against the polio virus, which can lead to paralysis or even death in young children.
UNRWA’s chief, Philippe Lazzarini, said the first phase of the polio vaccination campaign in Gaza reached 90 percent coverage as hundreds of thousands of children received the initial dose of the oral vaccine.
“Our next challenge is to provide children with their second dose at the end of September,” Lazzarini wrote in a post on X.
Lazzarini once more emphasized the urgency of an immediate ceasefire in the Palestinian land which has been under ceaseless Israeli attacks for almost a year now.
More than 400 Palestinians were killed and at least 900 were wounded during the 12 days of the vaccination campaign, according to figures from Palestinian health authorities.
The World Health Organization says that the disruption of routine immunization campaigns in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Gaza, has played a vital role in the re-emergence of the virus./Press News
"UNRWA teams are working to help displaced families in shelters stop them from invading people's already crammed living spaces," it added.
Waste material piling up across Gaza after the Israeli regime seized control of the territory is another health hazard. The rubbish piling up creates an imminent or potentially serious risk to the health of any person in the area.
The Israeli forces have seized control of the Gaza Strip's two main landfills, east of the cities of Khan Younis and Gaza City.
The UN agency's chief said the first phase of the Gaza polio campaign had reached most of the children trapped in the besieged Gaza Strip.
On September 1st, the United Nations with the help of Palestinian health authorities launched a campaign to vaccinate children in the Gaza Strip against the polio virus, which can lead to paralysis or even death in young children.
UNRWA’s chief, Philippe Lazzarini, said the first phase of the polio vaccination campaign in Gaza reached 90 percent coverage as hundreds of thousands of children received the initial dose of the oral vaccine.
“Our next challenge is to provide children with their second dose at the end of September,” Lazzarini wrote in a post on X.
Lazzarini once more emphasized the urgency of an immediate ceasefire in the Palestinian land which has been under ceaseless Israeli attacks for almost a year now.
More than 400 Palestinians were killed and at least 900 were wounded during the 12 days of the vaccination campaign, according to figures from Palestinian health authorities.
The World Health Organization says that the disruption of routine immunization campaigns in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Gaza, has played a vital role in the re-emergence of the virus./Press News
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