Palestinian Health

World Health Organisation: GAZA HEALTH FACT SHEET Jan 2010:
The Gaza Strip has been the setting of a protracted political and socio-economic crisis. Recent events have resulted in a severe deterioration of the already precarious living conditions of the people in Gaza and have further eroded a weakened health system.
The closure of Gaza since mid 2007 and the last Israeli military strike between 27 December 2008 and 18 January 2009 have led to on going deterioration in the social, economic and environmental determinants of health.
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The British Medical Journal contains a number of reports on the effects on Israeli policies on the health of Palestinians:

http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/329/7471/924

 

The Lancet is one of the world’s most prestigious medical journals and has a series of reports on Palestine: This Series on the health status of 3·8 million people living in the occupied Palestinian territory details one of the most important flashpoints not only in Middle East politics, but for global security. The Lancet report examines aspects of the Palestinian health predicament: health services; maternal and child health; cardiovascular diseases; diabetes and cancer; health and human security; and the future of the healthcare system. The report has been written by a team of health scientists in the occupied Palestinian territory, together with international colleagues from WHO, associated UN agencies, and academic institutions in the USA, UK, Norway, and France.

Health in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. March 2010
“Hope for improving health and quality of life of Palestinians will exist only once people recognise that the structural and political conditions that they endure in the occupied Palestinian territory are the key determinants of population health”, states the first report in the Series.

Full reports: http://www.thelancet.com/series/health-in-the-occupied-palestinian-territory

The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) was mandated in 1969 to provide humanitarian, health, cultural and social services when and where needed to the Palestinian population. Its website contains news and reports:

http://www.palestinercs.org/Default.aspx