RVF’s Medical Director, Wolfgang Rennert, MD, led an epidemiological study recently published by Oxford University Press in the Journal of Public Health on the impact of the rotavirus vaccine on the incidence and prevalence of life-threatening rotavirus disease in the … Read More
In this time of crisis, help us raise $25,000 to ensure that all babies in Gaza continue to receive the life-saving rotavirus vaccination this year.
“Unless babies are vaccinated, almost all of them get rotavirus, the doctor told me. Having the vaccine available for free in Gaza can save babies and parents from so much suffering..” – Majdoolin, first-time mother, Gaza City The rotavirus vaccine, … Read More
RAMALLAH. Preliminary data compiled and reviewed by RVF and the Palestinian Ministry of Health (MOH), has shown a significant reduction in number of children under 3 years of age hospitalized for diarrhea since the introduction of the rotavirus vaccine in … Read More
All babies in the West Bank and Gaza – over 130,000 babies every year- are now receiving the potentially life-saving rotavirus vaccine. Beginning in 2016, RVF partnered with the Palestinian Ministry of Health (MOH) to provide for the universal vaccination … Read More
Since January 2012 all infants in Gaza and the West Bank have been receiving the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV). The Palestinian Ministry of Health (MOH) assumed full financial responsibility for sustaining the program in the West Bank and Gaza in … Read More