Palestine conducted the first round of a preventative polio vaccination effort May 16-18, targeting all children under age 5 in Bethlehem and Jerusalem. The campaign is responding to the detection of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 3 (cVDPV3) in sewage outflow in Wadi Alnar. OPV drops were offered at maternal and child centers and UNRWA centers during the three-day event. The second round of the campaign will take place in June. GPEI
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