{"id":307609,"date":"2025-05-20T14:10:16","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T18:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&#038;p=307609"},"modified":"2025-05-21T14:11:34","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T18:11:34","slug":"unrwa-annual-2024-health-report-20may25","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/unrwa-annual-2024-health-report-20may25\/","title":{"rendered":"Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA Annual 2024 Health Report highlights response amid war and rising health needs of Palestine refugees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>20 May 2025<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\">Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA has released its\u00a0<\/span><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2024_annual_report_version_l_res.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2024 Health Report<\/a><\/em>, highlighting the immense toll on Palestine Refugees and the extraordinary dedication of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA health staff working under some of the most dangerous and difficult conditions in the Agency\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\">Nineteen months\u00a0<\/span>into the Gaza war, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA health teams keep providing lifesaving services amid bombardment, displacement, and the collapse of basic and civilian infrastructure. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA recently surpassed the gruesome milestone of 300 staff members killed in the Gaza Strip, including 13 health workers. Despite the mass destruction, doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other healthcare staff remained committed to their patients, often risking their lives to reach them.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"\u201cWe use around 100 medicines in our primary care, and 1\/3 are already out of stock&quot; Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA Seita\" width=\"1320\" height=\"743\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_taD2U-kBMQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\">Amid<\/span>\u00a0the challenges in the Gaza Strip, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA continues to provide critical health services across its five fields of operation. In 2024, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA provided healthcare to more than 4.7 million Palestine Refugees across the occupied West Bank including East Jerusalem, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria, excluding the Gaza Strip. Of these, over 200,000 patients received treatment for non-communicable diseases, more than 200,000 children under the age of five got child health services, and over 70,000 pregnant women delivered safely thanks to Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA support.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cThis report honours the\u00a0<\/span>dedication and courage of our frontline teams and of the Palestine Refugees\u2019 community they serve,\u201d said Dr Akihiro Seita, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA\u2019s Director of Health. \u201cOur staff continue to provide critical care, often without rest, and sometimes without the most basic resources.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\">Before the war\u00a0<\/span>in Gaza started in October 2023, medical consultations averaged up to 15,000 per day across 22 health centres. By the end of 2024, with only seven to nine Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA health centres still functioning in the Gaza Strip, daily consultations had increased to nearly 18,000. To meet the unprecedented needs, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA scaled up its emergency response, deploying 97 mobile medical teams across 53 different locations and coordinating vital shipments of medicine and supplies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201c<\/span>We had to adapt and reinvent our healthcare model,&#8221; Dr Seita explained. &#8220;We provided care where it was most needed, in shelters and open spaces, by using mobile units, temporary medical points, and working around the clock to provide healthcare to vulnerable people who are cut off from everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\">While needs soared in Gaza, the Agency also faced growing restrictions in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, where curfews, road closures,<\/span>\u00a0other measures, and operations by Israeli forces made access to care increasingly difficult.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\">Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA\u2019s<\/span> priorities remain maternal and child health, preventing and managing non-communicable and communicable diseases, and promoting dignity and equity in healthcare delivery.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>Click below to see the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA Annual Health Report &#8211; 2023:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"GraOGPS2KN\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/unrwa-annual-health-report-2023-28may24\/\">Palestine refugees face unprecedented health challenges to amid Gaza war: Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA Annual Health Report 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Palestine refugees face unprecedented health challenges to amid Gaza war: Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA Annual Health Report 2023&#8221; &#8212; Question of Palestine\" src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/unrwa-annual-health-report-2023-28may24\/embed\/#?secret=3QyYCoaXXd#?secret=GraOGPS2KN\" data-secret=\"GraOGPS2KN\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 20 May 2025 Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA has released its\u00a02024 Health Report, highlighting the immense toll on Palestine Refugees and the extraordinary dedication of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA health staff working under some of the most dangerous and difficult conditions in the Agency\u2019s history. 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