WHO / GAZA VACCINATION CAMPAIGN

A five-day catch-up vaccination campaign targeting children under three years old who missed routine vaccines during the recent conflict, concluded in Gaza. The campaign reached over 6,000 children. WHO

• Video Length: 00:05:12
• Production Date: 13 April 2026
• Asset Language: English; Arabic
• Corporate Name: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION - WHO
• Subject Topical: VACCINATION CAMPAIGN
• Geographic Subject: GAZA
• MAMS Id: 3555215
• Parent Id: 3555215
• Alternate Title: unifeed260413d

Description

STORY: WHO / GAZA VACCINATION CAMPAIGN
TRT: 5:12
SOURCE: WHO
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT WHO ON SCREEN
LANGAUGE: ARABIC / ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 05 AND 09 APRIL 2026, GAZA

Shotlist

05 APRIL 2026, BANDAR CLINIC, KHAN YOUNIS, GAZA

1. Wide shot, exterior, vaccination drive campaign banner
2. Various shots, people waiting to be seen, various vaccines in a bag, a small child receiving Vitamin drops and an injection in the thigh, paperwork being reviewed
3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Muhammad Al-Hajj Yousef, Nursing supervisor, Ministry of Health:
“Our staff who are working in the vaccination campaign are well trained; seven to eight teams left from here to cover the area of Khan Younes, and the end of the day they bring back the extra vaccinations that they had as well as their vaccination statistics, and we report the overall statistics. The campaign is excellent, and there are no issues or obstacles to mention.”
4. Med shot, WHO team member talking with a vaccinator out on the street
5. Med shot, a vaccinator talking to a member of the public

09 APRIL 2026, HAMAD CLINIC, WEST KHAN YOUNIS

6. Wide shot, exterior, the clinic and vaccination banner
7. Med shot, WHO team member interacrting with a baby
8. Various shots, the baby being vaccinated and vaccine booklet being filled in
9. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Dr Ibtisam Al-Anjili, Hamad Clinic, Khan Younis:
“This campaign targets children from one day old to three years old. It's a catch-up campaign for all children's vaccinations, from one day old to one and a half years old. The goal of this campaign is to identify children who are behind on their routine vaccinations.”
10. Med shot, vaccine booklet
11. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Dr Ibtisam Al-Anjili, Hamad Clinic, Khan Younis:
“We advise people who haven’t yet received their vaccinations, to go to the nearest clinic or health centre, to get their children vaccinated.”
12. Med shot, Dr Al-Anjili talking to WHO’s Yara Haj Ahmad
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Yara Haj Ahmad, Surveillance and Outbreak response officer WHO Gaza Office:
“Today is the fifth and final day of the third round of catch-up campaign targeting all zero dose and defaulted children who have missed their vaccination.”
14. Close up, WHO’s Yara Haj Ahmad holding a vaccine booklet
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Yara Haj Ahmad, Surveillance and Outbreak response officer WHO Gaza Office
“WHO has supported this catch up campaign through conducting a training for twenty-five supervisors and implementing supervisory field visits to ensure campaign quality and coverage.”

09 APRIL 2026, HONEEN CLINIC, MAWASI, KHAN YOUNIS

16. Wide shot, clinic entrance
17. Med shot, vaccine banner
18. Various shots, babies being vaccinated and paperwork being filled out
19. Med shot, Duaa Al-Najjar, with her daughter
20. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Duaa Al-Najjar, displaced person:
“Vaccination is very important for children, and I am committed to her vaccination, we came here and had her six-month vaccination, but they also have informed us that she should get checked for malnutrition, and here we are as they gave her supplements. I also personally like to come here to follow up regularly.”
21. Close up, Duaa Al-Najjar’s daughter
22. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Duaa Al-Najjar, Displaced Person:
“Vaccination is important because it protects the community from diseases, especially during times like these, when diseases are widespread during wartime. Vaccination and vitamins are very important for children at this time.”
23. Med shot, WHO team member playing with a baby
24. Med shot, baby being vaccinated

05 APRIL 2026, AL BERKEH STATION, MAWASI, KHAN YOUNIS

25. Wide shot, inspector collecting water
26. Med shot, water being transferred from a bucket to a container
27. Med shot, pipe works at the sewage station
28. SOUNDBITE (English) Mohammed Al Ser, Surveillance and Outbreak response officer WHO Gaza Office:
“Today, we are in the El Berkabambi station collecting monthly environmental samples. This is one of the activities monthly activities for the surveillance and the outbreak response unit after Polio outbreak in Gaza Strip.”
29. Med shot, water being transferred from a bucket to a container
30. Close up, container lid being tightened

Storyline

A five-day catch-up vaccination campaign targeting children under three years old who missed routine vaccines during the recent conflict, concluded in Gaza. The campaign reached over 6,000 children. Despite difficult weather conditions, 146 teams worked to deliver life-saving vaccines through fixed health facilities and mobile outreach to those unable to access services.

Led by the Palestinian Ministry of Health and supported by WHO, UNICEF, UNRWA, donors and partners, this campaign reflected the power of sustained collaboration in safeguarding children from vaccine preventable diseases, even in the most challenging circumstances.

WHO is supporting efforts to strengthen the health system to enhance the overall sustainability of services, including year-round availability of routine vaccinations, and reinforcing surveillance systems to ensure diseases can be detected and responded to early.