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WHO launches report on the Right to Health 2018, October 2019
October 2019, Ramallah – WHO today released its report, “Right to Health in the occupied Palestinian territory: 2018”. The report examines obstacles to achieving the highest attainable standard of health for Palestinians living under occupation, including barriers to adequate health care provision, access to health care, determinants of health...
WHO supports primary health care targeting vulnerable communities in the West Bank
A child gets medical check up at the mobile clinic in Kherbet Zakhariya. Credit: WHO06 September 2019 - The World Health Organization (WHO) supports health partners to deliver primary healthcare services to over 12,000 people in the West Bank through mobile clinics. With funding from the UN Central Emergency Response Fund, two mobile clinics,...
Strengthening universal health coverage in the occupied Palestinian territory
WHO high-level expert mission with Minister of Health Dr Al-Kaila4 September 2019 – The World Health Organization (WHO), at the request of the Prime Minister, conducted a high-level expert mission to the occupied Palestinian territory to support the Ministry of Health and partners in accelerating efforts towards universal health coverage (UHC)....
WHO, Ministry of Health and OHCHR strengthen protection of healthcare in the occupied Palestinian territory
An ambulance attacked in Gaza during the Great March of Return demostrations. Photo: WHO12 July 2019, oPt - The World Health Organization (WHO) is working with the Palestinian Ministry of Health, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), and other health and human rights partners to strengthen the protection of...
Powering health: WHO brings solar energy to the health sector in Gaza
The solar power plant at Nasser Hospital in Gaza. Credit: WHO17 June 2019, Gaza - The World Health Organization (WHO) and implementing partners inaugurated the newly installed solar power plant at Nasser hospital in the Gaza Strip. Funded by the Government of Japan, the solar plant as a source of alternative energy will reduce the reliance of...
The closing ceremony of the mental health project in the occupied Palestinian territory
Opening of the renovated acute male ward facility in Bethlehem Psychiatric Hospital. Credit:WHO13 June 2019, Bethlehem – The Palestinian Minister of Health Dr Mai Alkaila and representatives from the European Union (EU) and from the World Health Organization (WHO) marked the ending of WHO’s project “Building Palestinian Resilience: Improving...
The Gaza trauma response: WHO conducted a one-year analysis of trauma injuries in Gaza
29 May 2019 - The World Health Organization (WHO) in collaboration with over 20 agencies conducted a detailed analysis of one year of trauma injuries in Gaza and its humanitarian impact. From 30th March 2018 to 30th March 2019, 277 Palestinians were killed and 28,014 injured. Although any health system in the world would be overwhelmed if it had...
Overcoming barriers to health care access in the West Bank with mobile clinics
Women from Zakariah village. Credit:WHO27 May 2019 - A small room in an improvised school in Zakariah village, the West Bank, occupied Palestinian territory, used to serve as a patient consultation space for a mobile clinic providing primary healthcare services in the area. Last year, the clinic stopped operating due to a lack of funding,...
Health attacks continue during Gaza’s Great March of Return
Mohamed Abu Taema. Credit: WHO20 May 2019 – Mohamed, a 24-year-old first responder, was injured during demonstrations in Khan Younis, Gaza, on Friday 10 March. He had seen a child of approximately 12 years injured from gas inhalation near the Gaza fence, and had gone forward to treat him and bring him to the nearby medical point of the Ministry of...
UN Special Coordinator visited WHO solar electrification project in Gaza
Nickolay Mladenov visiting solar plant at Nasser hospital in Gaza15 May 2019, Gaza - UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov visited a solar electrification project at Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis, Gaza. The project is implemented by the World Health Organization (WHO) with financial support from the...
