Gaza to launch emergency child vaccination drive amid Israeli siege

Gaza’s Health Ministry says it will launch a vaccination campaign next week targeting around 40,000 children under the age of three.

The drive comes as months of Israeli bombardment and siege have decimated Gaza’s healthcare system, halting routine immunisations and leaving tens of thousands of children vulnerable to preventable diseases like measles, polio, and meningitis.

Nedal Ghoneim, the Health Ministry’s public health manager, told the Associated Press that priority would be given to children who had missed their full vaccination doses due to the war.