8 April 2026

OCHA reports aid workers continue to save lives across the Gaza Strip.

Partners working on health report that a five-day vaccination campaign is under way. In a social media post yesterday, the World Health Organization (WHO)??that these efforts are led by the Ministry of Health, supported by WHO, UNICEF, UNRWA, donors and partners, to vaccinate children under the age of three who have missed routine vaccination in the past 30 months.

Nearly 150 teams are delivering the vaccines, including in hard-to-reach areas.

UNICEF? that this winter, community health educators have taught more than 207,000 caregivers how to manage the early signs of hypothermia among infants and help save a child.


Document Type: News item
Document Sources: Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Subject: Children, Gaza Strip, Health
Publication Date: 08/04/2026
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