April

Communities in the Jordan Valley depend on precarious mobile clinic access

Moaayd Daraghmeh is the driver of a mobile clinic for the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) operating in the Jordan Valley of the West Bank. He has been part of the clinic team for 10 years, working with communities in remote areas reliant on mobile clinics for access to essential primary health care. The communities face obstacles to planning and development, demolition orders that make their lives and livelihoods precarious and uncertain ... Read more

21-year-old Musaab repeatedly denied access to cancer care

Musaab is 21 years old and in his third year of study at university in Nablus, in the north of the West Bank.In the summer of 2022, Musaab was diagnosed with a cancer called a synovial sarcoma in his left ankle. To confirm his diagnosis and to guide the best approach to his treatment, he was referred to Makassed Hospital in East Jerusalem for bone biopsy in June 2022, for an appointment on 6 July. Because Musaab has a West Bank identity card, he was required by Israel to obtain a permit to access East Jerusalem. He applied three times for a permit for his initial hospital appointment... Read more