The West Bank and Gaza

1.4 million Palestinian refugees are in Gaza, 858 thousand are in the West Bank
64% of the population in Gaza lives in poverty
61% of the West Bank is off-limits for Palestinian use
74 years life expectancy

What is happening in The West Bank and Gaza?

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Since the Oslo accords, which handed responsibility for security and civilian affairs over to the Palestinian Authority (PA). Around 60% of the West Bank is still under full Israeli civil and military control, impacting the flow of people and goods throughout the territory.

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Given the fraught social and political situation in the area, improvements in social and health care are more difficult to achieve. Since 30^th March 2018, mass demonstrations have occurred at the Israel/Gaza fence. Consequently, there have been a significant number of Palestinian casualties, further complicating matters and making it ever harder to treat underlying health conditions.

What’s the health situation?

There is presently an inconsistent supply of medical items, which has negatively impacted the quality of health care. Stock outs of essential medicines are common place, significantly affecting patients receiving recurring treatment such as for cancer or diabetes.

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35% of children under the age of five (125,967 children) are estimated to be at serious risk of not meeting their full developmental potential for a variety of reasons, including poor nutrition, poverty and a lack of access to basic healthcare services.

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Due to a limited number of healthcare facilities, health services are overstretched, meaning patients are often discharged early from hospital, preventing the detection of potentially serious medical complications.

See how your donation makes a difference

£5 can help us to give 15 people treatment

£20 will provide 40 children with antibiotics

£100 will provide 400 pregnant women with life saving medicine.

£450 will provide am emergency medical kit to 60 families.

Whatever you give, you could be making a life-changing, even life-saving difference to someone every month.

See how your donation makes a difference

£5 is enough to source and send £600 worth of medical supplies a year to people in need; enough to help approximately 50 people around the world.

£10 is enough to source and send £1,200 worth of medical supplies a year to people in need; enough to help approximately 100 people around the world.

£25 is enough to provide around 750 treatments in a year, helping approximately 250 people in need; and for some, is the difference between life & death.

£100 is enough to provide medicines and supplies for approximately 1,000 people a year living in disaster-hit and vulnerable communites.

Whatever you give, you could be making a life-changing, even life-saving difference to someone every month.

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What is IHP doing to help?

IHP works in The West Bank and Gaza with our partner, Anera, which has operated in the area since 1968. We support Anera to equip clinics and hospitals in both territories. In doing so, we directly combat one of the most challenging problems faced in the area, the inconsistent supply of medicines. Our work therefore ensures that as many people as possible in the area can access high quality healthcare.

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