UAE President pledges $5 million towards polio vaccine campaign in Gaza

UAE President Sheikh Mohamed has instructed funds to be issued towards the delivery of a critical polio vaccination drive in Gaza following the re-emergence of the virus in the Palestinian territory. The UN campaign will be supported by a pledge of $5 million from the UAE. Delivered in collaboration with the World Health Organisation, Unicef and UNRWA, the two-round campaign will provide over 640,000 Gazan children under the age of 10 with two doses of the polio vaccine, in an effort to stop the spread of the virus and prevent a wider regional outbreak.