ROTAVAC Study in Palestine Published

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The Journal Vaccine has recently published the RVF-led study documenting the impressive reduction in rotavirus disease among young children in Palestine following the introduction of the rotavirus vaccine. Full text of the study available below: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X22015717

International Initiative Addresses Water Crisis in Gaza

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Hundreds of thousands of schoolchildren to have access to clean water FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJanuary 10, 2022RVF | Washington, DC USA | Gaza City, Gaza GAZA CITY. Over 230,000 Gazan schoolchildren and their teachers will have access to safe water for … Read More

Health Benefits of Rotavirus Immunization for Children in Palestine: Results of a Vaccine Impact Analysis

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Rotavirus vaccination in Palestine has significantly reduced the burden of diarrhea among children. After introducing the ROTARIX® rotavirus vaccine in 2016 and then switching to ROTAVAC® rotavirus vaccine in 2018, RVF collaborated with the Palestinian Ministry of Health (PMOH) and … Read More

Rotavirus Vaccination for Babies in the West Bank and Gaza Fully Sustained

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The Palestinian Ministry of Health (PMOH) is now fully sustaining the rotavirus vaccination program for all infants in both the West Bank and Gaza. Since January 2019, the PMOH has been purchasing and distributing the rotavirus vaccine for all babies … Read More

Help RVF Expand the Mobile Clinic Program in the West Bank

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RVF has worked with the Palestinian Ministry of Health (PMOH) to deploy mobile medical clinics to provide health care to remote Bedouin populations in the West Bank. Though the PMOH has many free-standing clinics throughout the West Bank, many Bedouin families … Read More

RVF Rotavirus Vaccination Program Already Saving Lives in Gaza and the West Bank

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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

Number of Children with Diarrhea Drops Dramatically with Rotavirus Vaccine

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“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

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