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STORY: GAZA / POLIO VACCINATION LAUNCH
TRT: 06:57
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ARABIC / ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 01 SEPTEMBER 2024, DEIR AL-BALAH, GAZA
1. Various shots, displacement camps, Norhan Shamallakh preparing children to go to polio vaccination campaign
2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Norhan Shamallakh, Palestinian:
“I heard that there is a widespread outbreak of polio, and we learned that vaccinations have been provided. I am very worried about my children, so I will go to vaccinate them.”
3. Various shots, Shamallakh and children going to the vaccination center
4. Various shots, Deir al-Balah Health Center, UNRWA spokesperson inspecting vaccination campaign
5. Various shots, vaccination campaign, Deir al-Balah Health Center
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Louise Wateridge, spokesperson, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA):
“Okay, so today we are here in Deir al-Balah. The United Nations vaccination campaign for polio has begun. As you can see behind me, there are already hundreds of people here, hundreds of families and children, ready to get their vaccination. UNRWA is here with the World Health Organization and UNICEF. This is a UNRWA health center, and our staff are here, ready to give the vaccination to as many children as possible over the next three days in this first phase of the vaccination campaign. So far, everything is going to plan. The children are arriving, the families are here, the vaccinations are going well. We have the vaccinations in individual cool boxes to sustain the heat of the day. It seems calm and quiet in the Gaza Strip so far. The humanitarian pause is so far lasting, which is what we need to implement this vaccine campaign, and we will see how things go over the coming days.”
7. Various shots, vaccination campaign, Deir al-Balah Health Center
8. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ferial Abdo, Palestinian:
“Because of the children, the paralysis, the disease, and the life we live, it’s all a life of fatigue and boredom. Oh God, ease the burdens of this world for us, and may the situation return to how it was.”
9. Med shot, woman hanging a paper with message “The polio vaccine is safe and does not cause a rise in temperature”
10. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mohammed Rajab, Palestinian:
“In these conditions we live in, with the diseases spreading among children, vaccination is now very important to protect our children. God willing, in these days of war, peace will prevail for everyone.”
11. Various shots, vaccination campaign
12. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mohammed Abu Giab, Palestinian:
“The issue of polio is a serious one in Gaza. For decades, it didn’t exist in Gaza. Now, because of the war, it has returned, and it has been discovered. This danger threatens hundreds of thousands of children. My children are among these children, and this vaccination is very important despite the harsh humanitarian and security situation in Gaza. But it seems that there are those who are concerned about the lives of the people in Gaza.”
13. Various shots, vaccination campaign
The vaccination campaign against polio was launched today (1 Sep) in central Gaza Strip areas.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the emergency polio vaccination campaign will take place in the Deir al-Balah governorate in central Gaza from Sunday through Wednesday (4 Sep).
The vaccination program targets more than 600,000 children in the Gaza Strip governorates.
Vaccination in Khan Younis and its surroundings is scheduled from Thursday to Sunday (September 5-8), and in Gaza and northern Gaza from Monday to Thursday (September 9-12).
