Oxfam America: Gaza - Aid Agencies and Medical Professionals Warn of Dangers of a Mass Polio Outbreak
August 22, 2024
August 22, 2024
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 22 -- Oxfam America issued the following news release:
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Without urgent action, threat of polio is endangering a generation of children
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Aid agencies and medical professionals have joined forces to call urgently for a ceasefire to allow life-saving polio vaccinations to be administered to about 640,000 children aged under 10 following confirmation of the first case of polio in Gaza in 25 years, with reports . . .
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Without urgent action, threat of polio is endangering a generation of children
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Aid agencies and medical professionals have joined forces to call urgently for a ceasefire to allow life-saving polio vaccinations to be administered to about 640,000 children aged under 10 following confirmation of the first case of polio in Gaza in 25 years, with reports . . .