Truce agreed in Gaza; 640,000 children to be vaccinated against polio

Truce agreed in Gaza; 640,000 children to be vaccinated against polio

New York. Israel and Hamas agreed to a humanitarian pause three days of fighting in different parts of Gaza to allow for polio vaccinations for some 640,000 children, which will begin on Sunday, September 1, a senior official from the World Health Organization (WHO) said. Rik Peeperkorn, WHO’s head of the Palestinian territories, explained that … Read more

Two cities devastated as Israeli offensive ends

Two cities devastated as Israeli offensive ends

Yenín. Israel yesterday ended a month of military operations in the central and southern Gaza Strip, in which it claimed to have killed more than 250 Palestinian fighters. Troops of the 98th Division have completed their divisional operation in the Khan Yunis and Deir al Balah area, after nearly a month of simultaneous operational activity … Read more

Surabaya City Health Office Administers Polio Vaccine to 329,616 Children in Second Wave of National Immunization Sub-Week

Surabaya City Health Office Administers Polio Vaccine to 329,616 Children in Second Wave of National Immunization Sub-Week

Community health center workers administer polio vaccine to children. REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, SURABAYA — The Surabaya City Health Service (Dinkes) has scheduled the second wave of the National Immunization Sub-Week (PIN) for Polio to be held for one week, namely simultaneously in 31 sub-districts on 19-25 February 2024. Head of the Surabaya City Health Office, Nanik Sukristina, … Read more

Karanganyar Health Department Continues Polio Immunization Sweeping for Children

Karanganyar Health Department Continues Polio Immunization Sweeping for Children

SOLOPOS.COM – Illustration of a child getting an oral vaccine. (Freepik.com) Solopos.com, KARANGANYAR — Officer health the village or sub-district level in Karanganyar continues to do so sweeping children who have not received vaccinations polio. The Karanganyar Health Service (Dinkes) recorded that the achievement of the National Immunization Sub-Week (Sub-PIN) for polio reached 98 percent. … Read more

Banyuwangi Police Support Acceleration of Polio Vaccination to Reach 100%

Banyuwangi Police Support Acceleration of Polio Vaccination to Reach 100%

Banyuwangi – Polio vaccination achievement in Banyuwangi reached 92 percent. To support the acceleration of vaccination achievements to 100 percent, Banyuwangi Police held simultaneous immunization at 24 points. The target is 1,806 children aged 0 – 7 years. The first round of Sub PIN Polio activities was held in the Hoo Tong Bio Temple Hall, … Read more

Polio Immunization Efforts in Indonesia: Updates and Progress Reports

Polio Immunization Efforts in Indonesia: Updates and Progress Reports

KOMPAS/ZULKARNAINI Health workers administer polio immunization to elementary school students during the National Immunization sub-Week in Pidie Regency, Aceh, Monday (28/11/2022). Mass immunization was carried out after the discovery of four positive cases of polio in the district. CIREBON, KOMPAS — The Cirebon City Health Service, West Java, has not received any reports of cases … Read more

Pakistan Government Implements Strict Measures Against Vaccine Refusal in Efforts to Eradicate Polio.

Pakistan Government Implements Strict Measures Against Vaccine Refusal in Efforts to Eradicate Polio.

Lahore: The government of Pakistan has warned that strict measures will be taken if children are reluctant to get vaccinated. International media The Guardian reports that Pakistan is preparing to take punitive measures against parents who are not ready to be vaccinated. According to the report, parents who refuse to vaccinate their children could be … Read more

Depok city government optimizes delivery of second dose of poliovirus immunization

Depok city government optimizes delivery of second dose of poliovirus immunization

Depok (ANTARA) – The City of Depok Health Bureau in West Java continues to optimize the provision of the second immunization dose of inactive poliovirus vaccine (IPV2) for nine-month-old infants to protect them from the polio virus. Depok City Health Bureau Chief Mary Liziawati in Depok said on Friday that we have issued notification letter … Read more

Polio immunization in Northern Aceh pursues 95% target

Polio immunization in Northern Aceh pursues 95% target

Puskesmas health workers carry out vaccinations at 24 points in North Aceh REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, BANDA ACEH — Health workers in the North Aceh district have started carrying out polio vaccination towards children in order to pursue the achievement of the specified target of 95 percent of the total target. UPTD Chief Puskesmas Tanah Pasir Jarita District … Read more

123,191 children in northern Aceh had to be vaccinated against polio

123,191 children in northern Aceh had to be vaccinated against polio

ACEH UTARA, KOMPAS.com- A total of 123,191 children are expected to participate in immunization polio in the Regency Aceh North, Aceh province. Currently, the North Aceh health office is vaccinating all children in the district. “In the past five days, we have immunized more than 47 thousand children. Distributed in 32 community health centers in … Read more