Israeli airstrikes on Saturday (August 31) killed at least 48 people in the Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian health officials. This attack comes just before a planned polio vaccination campaign was set to begin in the Palestinian enclave.

Israeli strikes kill 48 ahead of WHO's polio campaign in Gaza; UN plans to vaccinate 640,000 children

In an effort to eradicate polio and boost health measures for children in Afghanistan, the Taliban government has agreed to restart a door-to-door vaccination program next month, and will allow women to be frontline workers in the drive, health officials announced Tuesday.

Taliban allow polio vaccine programme to restart in Afghanistan

Pakistan launched a special five-day anti-polio campaign on Monday in selected districts across the country to vaccinate children against the crippling disease, four months after the drive was suspended due to the coronavirus outbreak, officials said.

Pak resumes polio vaccination campaign amid COVID-19 pandemic

A policeman was killed and two others wounded Tuesday by a roadside bomb aimed at polio vaccination workers in Pakistan's restive northwest, officials said. The attack came a day after Islamabad launched a nationwide anti-polio drive, aiming to immunise tens of millions of children in Pakistan - one of only three countries, along with Afghanistan and Nigeria, where the crippling disease remains endemic.

Pakistan policeman killed as blast hits polio vaccine team

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