The polio vaccination campaign in Gaza, despite achieving high coverage, seems futile in the face of relentless Israeli bombings that threaten lives daily.
As families try to protect their children from polio, they face immediate danger from airstrikes, making the vaccination efforts feel absurd amidst ongoing conflict.
UNRWA's campaign reached 90 percent vaccine coverage, but the ongoing Israeli bombings expose the limits of health initiatives in a war-torn region.
Health workers stress that for the polio vaccination campaign to succeed, further ceasefires must be agreed upon to administer the final vaccine doses.
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