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Children in Gaza are now at risk of polio as well as bombs – we need a ceasefire now | Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
The polio virus was detected in wastewater samples in Gaza last week, an alarming yet unsurprising development given the dismantled state of the territory’s health systems after nine relentless months of war. Across Gaza, more than 39,000 people have been …