{"id":7101,"date":"2024-07-24T10:20:19","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T15:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/?p=7101"},"modified":"2024-07-24T12:49:37","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T17:49:37","slug":"experts-fear-polio-is-spreading-undetected-in-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/2024\/07\/24\/experts-fear-polio-is-spreading-undetected-in-gaza\/","title":{"rendered":"Experts fear polio is spreading undetected in Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/health\/health-news\/gaza-polio-experts-fear-spreading-undetected-rcna163247\">NBC<\/a> The World Health Organization warned there is a &#8220;high risk&#8221; that the virus will spread \u201cwithin Gaza and internationally if this outbreak is not responded to promptly and optimally.\u201d Humanitarian groups and public health leaders around the world are extremely worried that&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/health\/health-news\/polio-vaccine-coverage-low-37-ny-county-paralysis-case-was-found-rcna43279\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">polio may be spreading<\/a>&nbsp;in Gaza, after tests found the virus in wastewater samples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The war-ravaged enclave is already afflicted by poor sanitation, a crumbling health care system and plunging vaccination rates \u2014 so there&#8217;s little hope that it would be able to handle an outbreak of the highly contagious disease. \u201cIt would be a disaster,\u201d said Dr. Mithqal Abutaha, program manager of Project HOPE, a global health nongovernmental organization that runs clinics in the areas of Gaza where polio has been discovered in sewage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While no human cases of polio have been detected, it\u2019s unclear whether doctors in Gaza have the resources to test for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/polioeradication.org\/news-post\/variant-type-2-poliovirus-isolated-from-sewage-samples-in-gaza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Global Polio Eradication Initiative<\/a>, part of the World Health Organization, said that 16 out of the 36 hospitals in Gaza are \u201cpartially functional\u201d and that less than half of its primary care facilities are in use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/health\/health-news\/gaza-polio-experts-fear-spreading-undetected-rcna163247\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NBC The World Health Organization warned there is a &#8220;high risk&#8221; that the virus will spread \u201cwithin Gaza and internationally if this outbreak is not responded to promptly and optimally.\u201d Humanitarian groups and public health leaders around the world are extremely worried that&nbsp;polio may be spreading&nbsp;in Gaza, after tests found the virus in wastewater samples. 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