RVF is currently providing safe drinking water to displaced families in the midst of the terrible conflict in Gaza. RVF has been able to install and repair water desalination and filtration units at ten shelters across Gaza to date, including: … Read More
The water desalination and purification unit at the Khan Younis Prep School (B) Shelter has been repaired. Thousands of displaced Gazan families shelter at this UNRWA school now have access to safe, potable water. UNRWA has taken over the running … Read More
Safe drinking water is now being provided at the UNRWA Nuseirat Co-Ed Primary School in Gaza. RVF engineers have been able to repair the water purification unit, providing safe water for drinking and hygiene to thousands of displaced families … Read More
Safe drinking water is now being provided at the Kuwaiti Field Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza. 125 cubic meters of water is being provided daily to thousands of displaced people sheltering nearby, hospital patients and staff as well as … Read More
RVF is glad to announce that safe drinking water is now available in at a shelter serving over 50,000 people Khan Younis, Gaza. RVF has been able to repair and are maintaining a water desalination and water purification unit, producing … Read More
RVF is glad to announce that safe drinking water is now available at the Al-Madina UNRWA School in Rafah, Gaza, hosting over 6,000 displaced families. A desalination water purifier has been installed and produces over 1,000 liters of safe, potable … Read More
RVF is glad to announce that the results from the baseline rotavirus study in Egypt have been published. The study, Prevalence and Molecular Characterization of Rotavirus Strains Circulating Among Children With Gastroenteritis in Egypt was led by virologist Dr. Mohamed … Read More
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
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
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