On 16 August 2024, the Palestinian Authority Ministry of Health announced the confirmation of the first case of polio in Gaza, ending a 25-year absence of the disease in the region. The case involved a ten-month-old baby from Deir al-Balah, a central area of Gaza where the vast majority of the 2.4 million people have been displaced by the ongoing conflict for more than ten months.
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Gaza: First case of polio confirmed, MSF describes health situation as “absolutely terrible”
