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STORY: UN / GAZA POLIO VACCINE CAMPAIGN
TRT: 03:53
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 29 AUGUST 2024, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, UNHQ
29 AUGUST 2024, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, speakers at podium and on screen, journalists, press room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Rik Peeperkorn, Representative in Gaza, World Health Organization (WHO):
“A two-round polio vaccination campaign is, will, actually, start on the 1st of September in Gaza Strip. During each round of the campaign, the Palestinian Ministry of Health, in collaboration with WHO, UNICEF, UNRWA and partners will provide two drops of the novel oral polio vaccine, type 2, so called mOPV2. to more than 640,000 children under 10 years of age.”
4. Wide shot, journalists, press room
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Rik Peeperkorn, Representative in Gaza, World Health Organization (WHO):
“So, the Ministry of Health, WHO, UNICEF, UNRWA and partners, actually, we are, we are ready to deliver the campaign. So, as we speak, in the WHO office, which is the emergency operation center for the polio campaign, the technical team is still meeting now: They're planning analyzing, etc. 1.26 million doses of vaccines, 500 vaccine carriers have been delivered to Gaza already. Over 1,000 additional vaccine doses will arrive in Gaza soon. Over 2,180 house workers, community outreach workers have been trained to provide vaccination, and - very important –inform communities about the campaign,”
6. Wide shot, speakers at podium and on screen, journalists, press room
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Rik Peeperkorn, Representative in Gaza, World Health Organization (WHO):
“It's critical that we reach 90 percent vaccination, that we get 90 percent – ninety, nine zero - vaccination coverage during each round. There will be 2 rounds and split the 4 weeks. That is needed, actually, you need 90 percent plus to stop the outbreak transmission within Gaza and prevent international spread of polio.”
8. Wide shot, speakers at podium and on screen, journalists, press room
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Rik Peeperkorn, Representative in Gaza, World Health Organization (WHO):
“What we welcome, we have a preliminary commitment for area specific humanitarian pauses during the campaign, and we called all parties to pause, of course, the fighting to allow children and families to safely access health facilities and community health outreach workers to get to the children who cannot access health facilities for polio vaccination.”
10. Wide shot, speakers at podium and on screen, journalists, press room
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Rik Peeperkorn, Representative in Gaza, World Health Organization (WHO):
“In response to this commitment of these area-specific humanitarian pauses, it has been agreed that the campaign will be delivered in a phase-approach over 3 days. So, we start the 1st of September, and we start at central Gaza for 3 days, followed by south Gaza and then followed by the north Gaza.”
12. Wide shot, speakers at podium and on screen, journalists, press room
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Rik Peeperkorn, Representative in Gaza, World Health Organization (WHO):
“The 3 days might be enough to achieve adequate vaccination. So, we will monitor throughout the campaign, it has been agreed when needed the campaign will be extended by 1 day per zone, or even more when necessary.”
14. Wide shot, speakers at podium and on screen, journalists, press room
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Rik Peeperkorn, Representative in Gaza, World Health Organization (WHO):
“One other point of critical service is fuel - and I think we have discussed it in all humanitarian areas, but specifically also for health. And in the last 2 weeks, out of 6 missions plans by WHO, only 2 were approved to deliver fuel and medical supplies to the north. So, there's a huge problem, specifically in hospitals in north Gaza.”
16. Wide shot, speakers at podium and on screen, journalists, press room
World Health Organization (WHO) Representative in Gaza, Rik Peeperkorn, said, “We have a preliminary commitment for area-specific humanitarian pauses” during the two-round polio vaccination campaign in Gaza.
Addressing the press today (29 Aug) virtually from Gaza, Peeperkorn said “A two-round polio vaccination campaign is, will, actually, start on the first of September in Gaza Strip. During each round of the campaign, the Palestinian Ministry of Health, in collaboration with WHO, UNICEF, UNRWA and partners will provide two drops of the novel oral polio vaccine, type 2, so called mOPV2. to more than 640,000 children under 10 years of age.”
He continued, “So, the Ministry of Health, WHO, UNICEF, UNRWA and partners, actually, we are, we are ready to deliver the campaign. So, as we speak, in the WHO office, which is the emergency operation center for the polio campaign, the technical team is still meeting now: They're planning analyzing, etc. 1.26 million doses of vaccines, 500 vaccine carriers have been delivered to Gaza already. Over 1,000 additional vaccine doses will arrive in Gaza soon. Over 2,180 house workers, community outreach workers have been trained to provide vaccination, and - very important –inform communities about the campaign,”
He added, “it's critical that we reach 90 percent vaccination, that we get 90 percent – ninety, nine zero - vaccination coverage during each round. There will be 2 rounds and split the 4 weeks. That is needed, actually, you need 90 percent plus to stop the outbreak transmission within Gaza and prevent international spread of polio.”
He welcomed the “preliminary commitment for area-specific humanitarian pauses during the campaign, and we called all parties to pause, of course, the fighting to allow children and families to safely access health facilities and community health outreach workers to get to the children who cannot access health facilities for polio vaccination.”
He added, “In response to this commitment of these area-specific humanitarian pauses, it has been agreed that the campaign will be delivered in a phase-approach over 3 days. So, we start the 1st of September, and we start at central Gaza for 3 days, followed by south Gaza and then followed by the north Gaza.”
He highlighted, “The 3 days might be enough to achieve adequate vaccination. So, we will monitor throughout the campaign, it has been agreed when needed the campaign will be extended by 1 day per zone, or even more when necessary.”
More generally on the health situation in Gaza, he said, “One other point of critical service is fuel - and I think we have discussed it in all humanitarian areas, but specifically also for health. And in the last 2 weeks, out of 6 missions plans by WHO, only 2 were approved to deliver fuel and medical supplies to the north. So, there's a huge problem, specifically in hospitals in north Gaza.”
