The Polio Crisis in Gaza: Causes, Challenges of Vaccination, and Full Implications
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Join the Palestine Program for Health and Human Rights for a webinar discussion about the outbreak of poliovirus in the Gaza Strip for the first time in 25 years. Panelists will discuss the causes of the outbreak, the health cluster vaccination program and the challenges associated with it as well as the future implications of this outbreak on Gaza’s healthcare system.
Speakers:
Amir Mohareb, MD, Infectious Disease Physician
Sam Rose, MSC, Senior Deputy Director of UNWRA Affairs in Gaza
Guy Shalev, PhD, Executive Director, Physicians for Human Rights - Israel
Moderator: Mary Bassett, MD, MPH, Director, FXB Center for Health & Human Rights
Speaker remarks are based on their own scholarship and experience. As such, they speak for themselves, not Harvard University.
Co-sponsors: Religion, Conflict, and Peace Initiative at the Harvard Divinity School, the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University, and the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School
Contact: Nadine Bahour