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Tag: health
| A life filled with tragedy, Gaza woman learns she has diabetes and hypertension
| 02 April 2013
During the three-week conflict in Gaza in 2009, Nimeh Hawwas, a Palestinian refugee from Gaza, lost her son Ashraf, her grandson Ahmad, and her home, which was demolished as a result of the shelling of a neighboring house. |
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| Palestine refugees struggle with trauma and lack of protection in conflict-torn Syria
| 02 April 2013
In December 2012, thousands of Palestine refugees fled air strikes, clashes and shelling in Yarmouk camp, Damascus, seeking shelter in UNRWA buildings. |
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| World Health Day 2013
| 01 April 2013
The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) marks this year’s World Health Day with a campaign to combat diabetes and sustained high blood pressure, or hypertension among Palestine refugees. In cooperation with the World Diabetes Foundation, UNRWA is launching a six-month |
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| UNRWA combats anemia in Lebanon
| 26 March 2013
In response to the high prevalence of iron deficiency anemia – the lack of red blood cells to provide oxygen throughout the body – among Palestine refugees in Lebanon, UNRWA routinely screens those with a high risk, including pregnant women and infants under a year, |
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| Mind-blowing: four months after conflict, Gaza mental health in crisis
| 11 March 2013
Four months after the conflict in Gaza, we report from UNRWA’s health centre in Jabalia, northern Gaza, on disturbing post-traumatic stress figures from UNRWA’s Health Department. Read the painful human stories behind the statistics. |
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| Four months on from the conflict, patients and counsellors discuss post-traumatic stress in Gaza
| 28 February 2013
UNRWA’s health centre in Jabalia, northern Gaza, receives some 2,000 patients a day. We hear from some of the centre's counsellors and patients on the after-effects of the conflict. |
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| Gaza PTSD: a message from Akihiro Seita, director of UNRWA’s health programme
| 28 February 2013
Whether you work for a large donor government, a foundation, a medical company or any organisation that wants to help; whether you are an individual with a modest income or a millionaire, you can act to help the victims of war. |
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| UNRWA’s new person-centred health service “excellent”, say patients
| 07 February 2013
“This new system is excellent. The time that nurses and doctors devote to me and my family is much more than before. I hope the change is permanent”, says Amina Ahmad, a patient at UNRWA’s Rashidieh clinic in southern Lebanon. |
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| UNRWA's Family Health Team: Protecting and promoting family health
| 07 February 2013
As part of ongoing efforts to improve the quality and accessibility of the primary health care services it delivers to Palestine refugees, UNRWA has introduced the Family Health Team approach. |
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| UNRWA Syria midwife delivers baby in harsh conditions
| 18 January 2013
The vibrant cry of a baby burst out from a small room in the Khan Eshieh refugee camp in southern Damascus. Forced to find refuge in a shelter housing another 15 people, Mayada Yahya gave birth in a small room with no privacy. |
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