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Midwife recalls delivering 52 babies in Gaza during military incursion

It was very stressful,’ Bethlehem nurse on-call during COVID-19 pandemic

Three-year-old Jana from Gaza gets permit to travel for cancer treatment, after five months delay

Huda, a cancer nurse in Gaza: “We feel frustrated and helpless to watch as a patient’s health deteriorates.”

Patient and health worker shot with live ammunition during Gaza’s Great March of Return

WHD 2018: For me, it’s a duty that I feel to our patients and to Gaza 

WHD 2018: We will keep coming to help as long as there are people who need us

Following the death of a health worker, WHO reiterates its calls for the protection of all health staff and facilities, August 2018

First aid worker severely injured in both legs while providing care, May 2018

Health worker shot in the leg during Gaza demonstrations, April 2018 

Gaza nurse injured in war: I had to help others, August 2015

Access:

6-year-old Manal returns to the Gaza Strip after being unable to cross to Jordan for treatment

Exam success for Palestinian patient despite barriers to accessing essential healthcare

Right to Health: Patients in the Gaza Strip unable to access healthcare [Photo book]

WHO talks to Yousef, journalist shot in leg during protests, after referral out of Gaza, April 2018

Journalist denied exit from Gaza for health care loses his left leg from a gunshot wound, April 2018 

Challenging barriers to survival in the occupied Palestinian territory: World Cancer Day 2018, February 2018

Palestinian newborn dies at Rafah border, October 2013

Other: 

Gaza: stories of loss and survival

50-day crisis: stories from Gaza