Gaza's Silent Threat Documentary
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Gaza's Silent Threat Documentary
The mission of a lifetime: Protecting children from polio during war.
About the Film
Dr. Younis, a devoted father and grandfather, embarks on the mission of a lifetime: to vaccinate 600,000 children against polio in the midst of the war in Gaza.
Delivering vaccines in an active war zone is one of the most complex and urgent challenges faced by humanitarian workers, demanding extraordinary skills, courage and resilience.
Since October 2023, over 80 per cent of Gaza's health, water and sanitation infrastructure have been destroyed or damaged by military operations, creating the perfect conditions for the spread of infectious diseases like polio.
This is more than a story about a vaccination campaign. It is a powerful testament to the impact of war on children's health — and a tribute to the courage of families and health workers striving to survive and care for one another in the most fragile of circumstances.
This documentary was supported by the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, the 2024 polio vaccination campaign in Gaza was a collaborative effort of the Palestinian Ministry of Health, UNICEF, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, the World Health Organization, and countless humanitarian actors, health workers and social mobilisers.