The Polio Crisis in Gaza: Causes, Challenges of Vaccination, and Future Implications
Date and Time: Tuesday, September 24, 2024 | 11:00am – 12:30pm EDT | 6:00pm – 7:30pm EEST
Location: Zoom – Registration required
Join the Palestine Program for Health and Human Rights for a 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.
This webinar is co-sponsored by the Religion, Conflict, and Peace Initiative at the Harvard Divinity School, the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University.
Moderator:
Mary T. Bassett, MD, MPH
Speakers:
Amir Mohareb, MD
Sam Rose, MSc
Guy Shalev, PhD
Speakers’ remarks are based on their own scholarship and experience. As such, they speak for themselves, not for Harvard University.