#  The Polio Crisis in Gaza: Causes, Challenges of Vaccination, and Full Implications 

 



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 **September 24, 2024** 

 11:00AM - 12:30PM EDT 

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 **Online; registration info below**  



 

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 Join the [Palestine Program for Health and Human Rights](https://fxb.harvard.edu/racial-justice/palestine-program/) 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.

 [Register here](https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_HF41USq7SY-KUB5InArjPQ)

 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](mailto:nbahour@hsph.harvard.edu)



 

 



 

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- [ Public Health ](/research-field/public-health)
- [ Palestinian Territories ](/research-region/palestinian-territories)
- [ 2024-25 ](/academic-year/2024-25)
 
 

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