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	My three-year-old son, Ameer, had cancer in his eyes. Now he needs treatment
	Zubaidat: Maintaining primary care provision during COVID-19
	Primary care provision at Humsa following mass demolitions
	Jana and palliative care in the Gaza Strip
	Saja delayed access to the treatment she needs, September 2020
	Patients in the Gaza Strip continue to face major barriers to accessing healthcare, Adel, July 2020
	6-year-old Manal returns to the Gaza Strip after being unable to cross to Jordan for treatment, August 2020
	Exam success for Palestinian patient despite barriers to accessing essential healthcare August 2020
	Mira is a 4-year-old girl from Khan-Yunis and has cancer in the eye June 2020
	Waseem is 25 years old and has a congenital heart problem, June 2020
	Osama is a one-year-old child from Gaza City, who was diagnosed with leukaemia on 8 June 2020, June 2020
	Salma is 64 years old, from the Middle Area of the Gaza Strip, June 2020
	Azmi is a 52-year-old man from Deir Al-Balah in the Gaza Strip, who was recently diagnosed with a cancer called a cholangiocarcinoma, June 2020
	Mohammed, 36 from Gaza City, was diagnosed with a brain tumour known as a glioblastoma in February 2020, June 2020
	Patients in Gaza denied access to essential healthcare during COVID-19 (Mohamed and Abdullah), April 2020
	COVID-19 continues to affect health access for patients (Manal), March 2020
	COVID-19 affects health access for Gaza patients (Itidal), February 2020
	Three-year-old Jana from Gaza gets permit to travel for cancer treatment, after five months delay, January 2020
	Patient with tumour makes 12 unsuccessful permit applications to access healthcare (Sherehan), October 2019
	A young person with thyroid cancer in Gaza who faced barriers to accessing healthcare (\|Hiam), August 2019
	Children face barriers to accessing care and separation from parents, (Yassin and Lamis) June 2019
	Families face barriers to accompanying children to access healthcare (Aisha), April 2019
	Injured journalist prevented from access to healthcare (Attia), December 2018
	13-year-old Abdurahman lost his leg from a bullet wound and needed treatment outside Gaza, November 2018
	Shortage and lack of essential medicines and equipment impacts patients in the Gaza Strip (Rami), October 2018
	Cancer patient prevented from accessing health care outside Gaza for more than a year (Fatima), September 2018
	Israeli High Court accepts petition on behalf of Gaza patients (Hanan), August 2018
	Patient and patient companion arrested by Israeli authorities (Bilal and Shadi), May 2018
	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
	Two patient companions arrested during security interrogation at Erez in March (Eiad and Naim), March 2018
	Mohamed, a 16-year-old athlete, receives an above-knee amputation. March 2018
	Challenging barriers to survival in the occupied Palestinian territory: World Cancer Day 2018, February 2018
	Siham is a 53-year-old woman from Gaza, diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) in 2013, February 2018
	Children from Gaza rely on older relatives to accompany them for health care: Amal and Mohamed. January 2018
	Jehad, 24, misses nine appointments for treatment for Hodgkin’s lymphoma, August 2017
	A 22-year-old man with Gaucher’s disease died while awaiting an appointment for security interrogation (Yousef), July 2017
	Cancer patient dies awaiting a permit to exit Gaza for health care (Abeer), June 2017
	Three patients die awaiting Israeli permits to access health care (Farha, Aya, and Waleed), April 2014
	Young mother dies after being delayed a permit repeatedly, then refused passage at Erez (Khouloud), March 2017
	Rodina Abu Khrais, a 4 year-old-girl with a congenital heart defect, has been unable to access urgent health care for the past two years, February 2017
	Young teenager dies after being denied health access (Ahmed), January 2017
	Palestinian newborn dies at Rafah border, October 2013
Health workers
	WHO pays tribute to Real Life Heroes on World Humanitarian Day 2020: Salsabeel, August 2020
	WHO pays tribute to Real Life Heroes on World Humanitarian Day 2020: Abed, August 2020
	Midwife recalls delivering 52 babies in Gaza during military incursion, April 2020
	It was very stressful,’ Bethlehem nurse on-call during COVID-19 pandemic, April 2020
	Huda, a cancer nurse in Gaza: “We feel frustrated and helpless to watch as a patient’s health deteriorates'', November 2019
	Patient and health worker shot with live ammunition during Gaza’s Great March of Return
	Health attacks continue during Gaza’s Great March of Return (Mohammed), May 2019
	One year on: Sabreen talks about work as a first responder and remembers her daughter, Razan, May 2019
	WHD 2018: For me, it’s a duty that I feel to our patients and to Gaza, August 2018
	WHD 2018: We will keep coming to help as long as there are people who need us, August 2018
	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
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