. Gaza health ministry: medicine shortage risks lives of thousands of patients. . Palestinians in Europe launch conference to discuss threats to Palestine. . Agencies urgently require $21 million to respond to casualties in the Gaza strip.
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. PCRF: Young Gaza Girl Arrives In San Fransisco For Prosthetic. . PCRF: Teenage Gaza Girl Arrives In Boston For Medical Treatment. . A campaign to be launched by about 60 International human rights organizations rejecting Israeli occupation of Palestine and anti-Semitism. . Exploiting Gaza Tops the UN’s Humanitarian Agenda. . Institute for Palestine Studies-USA Make access to mental health care a reality for all Palestine refugee children in the Gaza Strip. . miftah: Consultation session showcases results of study on government expenditures for the social sector. . AIDA: 25 years after Oslo, NGO coalition urges a new principled way towards peace.
IPNGO BOARD OF TRUSTEES
. Zeina Ahmed Al Akhras . Haitham Mustafa Al – Nubani
Events this month
.Gothenburg: Public meeting with Ship to Gaza sailors . The Work of the Mossawa Center, the Advocacy Center for Arab Citizens in Israel . Cycle4 Gaza . Copenhagen: Meeting on the Palestinian Liberation Struggle with Khaled Barakat and Charlotte Kates . Generation Palestine-The Student Movement Conference by Friends of Al Aqsa . The Historical Roots of Christian Zionism, its Theological Basis and Political Agenda
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. Cycling4Gaza
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. MAP Mobile Clinic Appeal 2018 Donation project
Accomplishments and Achievements (OF NGOs)
. The Innovations and support in diabetes care for Palestine refugees. . Palestine National Diabetes Program.
NGOS–Individuals Profiles
. Love into action . MAP medical aid for Palestinian . Thalassaemia Patients Friends Society . World diabetes foundation - WDF . Palestine children’s relief fund –PCRF
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. IPNGO - The reality of the health needs of the Palestinian people
News and Reports
Gaza health ministry: medicine shortage risks lives of thousands of patients
The Health Ministry in the occupied Gaza Strip yesterday warned that a mounting, severe shortage of medicines is risking the life of thousands of patients in the blockaded territory, especially those who suffer from chronic diseases, reported Xinhua. According to Maher Shamiya, director general of the ministry’s Primary Care, “primary Health Care services and their programs and protocols are at risk as the deficit in essential drug lists becomes more acute
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Palestinians in Europe launch conference to discuss threats to Palestine
A group of Palestinian societies in Europe are planning to launch a comprehensive conference in Berlin on Sunday, a statement said: The organizers called for all members of the Palestinian communities and organizations across Europe to participate in the conference. The 11 Palestinian bodies which are organizing the event also called for all the people who believe in the Palestinian right of return to participate in the conference …
Agencies urgently require $21 million to respond to casualties in the Gaza strip
Since 30 March 2018, Palestinian casualties in the Gaza Strip have increased significantly due to the mass demonstrations taking place along the perimeter fence with Israel and, to a lesser extent, hostilities and other incidents. To respond to this crisis, humanitarian agencies have prioritized three areas of intervention: emergency healthcare; protection monitoring; and mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS)...
By Ramona Wadi
What would prompt the UN to assert, without reservations or calculated statements, that Gaza has collapsed in terms of humanitarian necessities? So far, the international organization has relied on projecting extended timeframes; the result being that Gaza was forced ...
Institute for Palestine Studies-USA Make access to mental health care a reality for all Palestine refugee children in the Gaza Strip
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Team IPS-USA raised $1,779 during the DC Gaza 5K to support #UNRWA! Cherie Bennett, running for our team, took first place in the women's division! Thank you to everyone who donated and supported us! You can still donate here
miftah : Consultation session showcases results of study on government expenditures for the social sector.
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MIFTAH held a consultation session on September 22 with representatives from civil society institutions in which the results of a MIFTAH study were presented,
AIDA : 25 years after Oslo, NGO coalition urges a new principled way towards peace.
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NGOs see every day how Oslo’s stalled progress has damaged people’s lives. Oslo’s promise of a ‘just, lasting, and comprehensive’ peace was never fulfilled.
Bachelor degree of Media and Journalism - Yarmouk University – Jordan
She is the Director of the editorial board of Quds Press International and a member of its board of directors, supervises the work with a team of editors and correspondents deployed in occupied Palestine, Britain, Turkey, Egypt and Jordan to monitor performance and provide professional news content that presents the Palestinian narrative and presents it to the world public opinion through an integrated bulletin based on High professional foundations in line with the development of global media discourse.
Haitham Mustafa Al – Nubani - Jordan
A founding member of the Palestinian International Business Forum, a member of the board of trustees of the Arab International Organization for the Reconstruction of Palestine and a founding member of the Palestinian-Jordanian Business Forum, and a member of the Afaq Association, which provides university scholarships to students from camps and foster communities in Jordan.
During the past years, he worked on developing resources in a number of charitable organizations. He presented plans and training courses in this field which contributed to helping a number of charities develop their resources and develop private administrations in this field.
He is active in various fields in support of the Palestinian cause and was one of the founding members of the Conference of Palestinians Abroad. He contributed to the establishment of a number of investment and endowment projects supporting a large number of Palestinian activities.
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Cycling4Gaza:
400km Fundraising Cycle for the Children of Gaza
September, 2018 – On October 3rd, cyclists from all over the world will come together for four days to cycle 400km from Boston to NYC in an effort to raise awareness and nearly £200,000,
in funds that will go directly to Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP), a reputable humanitarian charity operating in the Gaza Strip. Women’s Empowerment, Community Rehabilitation targeting disabilities among children and adults, and Mental Health support are the three main projects of the fundraising cycle. Our continued support is critical at this time as UNRWA faces severe funding cuts. The US withdrawal of life saving funds has resulted in the loss of 30% ($300million) of UNRWA’s annual budget used to support the civil services, healthcare and education in the West Bank and Gaza. Today, UNRWA educates 500,689 children, feeds more than 1 million refugees and operates 143 primary health facilities with over 9 million patient visits; all of which are now in jeopardy. Our continued actions and support are vital for education, healthcare and capacity building projects in Gaza. Each area of action is developed to provide the tools and systems needed to sustainably drive change in the Gaza Strip, an area that continues to suffer from lack of resources and basic human rights. The women's empowerment project aims to provide 1,890 women with one to one counselling sessions; the community rehabilitation project will allow 200 Palestinians with disabilities to attend 2 training workshops focused on capacity building, communication skills and self-confidence; and the mental health support program will engage 300 active members of the Gaza community in an attempt to build up the existing system. Cycling4Gaza celebrates its 10th year in 2018, an annual fundraising cycle that in total has cycled over 3,000km in ten countries: United Kingdom, France, Italy, Jordan, Turkey, Germany, United States, Netherlands, Norway, and Spain. Since its inception Cycling4Gaza has raised over £1.5 million for vital and sustainable healthcare and education projects in Gaza. These projects have impacted the lives of over 14,000 children and 8,000 families and community members in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon’s Palestinian refugee camps. The backbone of the initiative has been a group of volunteers dedicated to raise awareness about the ongoing blockade on the Gaza Strip and resources in the promotion of human rights “I have always believed that individuals that can make a difference should... After visiting the Gaza Strip in March, those words could not have meant more. The people living in Gaza, despite their dire circumstances and limited access to all basic human needs, simply give; they give love and support to their families, they give care and aid to their friends and neighbors and they give their lives for their freedom. How can we not do more?” said Zara Hannoun, the head of Cycling4Gaza. “Joining the C4G committee made me realize my enthusiasm and dedication towards working for a cause, that I define success by putting a smile on a child’s face, and gave me a sense of accomplishment from bringing people together to make a difference. C4G continuously engages increasing numbers of people to support an important humanitarian cause and the best part is - it provides children and adults in Gaza with some tools and essentials to a better quality of life. Moved and inspired by the impact that this initiative has on everyone involved, C4G has pushed me to pursue a career that has a social impact. I feel both proud and honored to be a part of this initiative!” affirmed Dina Dajani, who has been at the core of the initiative for the last three years. The fundraising cycle will begin from Dayville, Connecticut, on October 4th at 10:00am, cycling 89km to New London, Connecticut. From there, on day 2 the 70km cycle will be to Stoney-Brook, in New York. On day 3, an 87km cycle to Staten Island and on Sunday October 7th, the final day of the cycle, will be a 100km ride to NYC, aiming to finish at the UN building at 14:00 followed by Washington Square at 15:00....
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Support a project
MAP Mobile Clinic Appeal 2018
Donation project: Help the MAP-supported Mobile Clinic: A lifeline for Bedouin communities under threat.
Every month, the MAP-supported Mobile Clinic visits 27 Bedouin communities in the Jordan Valley, helping them to hold on to their health and their way of life in the face of increasing restrictions. Your donation can help pay for: Medicines, Medical supplies and disposables, Mobile Clinic vehicle maintenance .Please donate now to help Bedouin communities hold on to health.
The Innovations and support in diabetes care for Palestine refugees
The project seeks to sustain and expand diabetes care achievements for Palestinian refugees in all 143 UNRWA clinics in the Near East by strengthening the diabetes management capacity of HCPs and the ability of diabetes patients to monitor and care for themselves.
To improve access to diabetes care and prevention across Northern region of the West Bank within the framework of Palestine MoH National NCD Action Plan
Love into Action is a UK charity making a difference for families affected by disabilities in the Palestinian Territories.
They work directly with families who have a relative with a cognitive disability and help them to see the difference it can make to the whole family, Love Into Action is a very small charity that currently help a number of organizations providing day care and practical activities...
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MAP medical aid for Palestinian:
MAP provides immediate medical aid to those in need at times of crisis, while also developing local capacity and skills to ensure the long-term development of the Palestinian healthcare system. They are also committed to bearing witness to the impact of occupation, displacement and conflict on Palestinian health and wellbeing, and campaign for the realisation of Palestinian rights to health and dignity..
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Thalassaemia Patients Friends Society:
Thalassaemia Patients Friends Society (TPFS) is a Palestinian National unprofitable association that was established in 1996 by patients, parents, professionals and other stakeholders.
Our Vision:
parents, professionals and other stakeholders. Thalassaemia patient is capable to work and has an active role in the society.
Our message:
TPFS, through its cooperation with our partner Governmental Organization, Non-Governmental Organizations, and National organizations seek to improve the quality life of patients through strengthening their abilities and securing their medical, social, and economic needs that ensures their capabilities of an active participation in the Palestinian society and contribute to development efforts towards freedom and independence.
The association’s Strategy:
1. Prevention of the disease and its complications through society awareness and partnership with other organizations.
2. Improve life quality of the patients.
3. Empower thalassaemia patients and strengthening their role in Society.
4. Exchange experience and networking with other associations on the regional, and international level.
Our goals:
1. Work on finding means for medical, psychological, and social support for the thalassaemia patient to become an active person in the Society.
2. Train and develop qualified medical cadres.
3. Coordinate to provide medical services for the patient and secure their medications.
4. Improve the public awareness and the means of prevention through awareness campaigns to all social layers mostly to the youth that are at marriage age.
5. Strengthen our relationship with national and governmental organization to back our goals.
6. Do studies and researches on the disease for prevention.
Work values of TPFS:
1. Health is a right to everybody.
2. Justice in securing medical services to all patient in the country and diaspora.
3. Enable the patient and rehabilitate him is a foundation in improving his life.
4. Transparency and honesty in managing the income of the association in wisdom and rationalism.
5. Self criticism is a basic part in a lifelong learning.
6. Development based on scientific proves is a characteristic of the association.
7. Life skill and the skills of the 21st century should be empowered to all members of TPFS.
Governing System of TPFS:
The general assembly consists of almost 800 members from patients, parents, and a number of volunteers of patients’ friends and a youth council of patient and university students that support patients rights as well as a board of 13 members from patients and volunteers. The efforts of the Society is supported by the National Committee for the fight of thalassaemia lead by the Ministry of Health and the membership of other ministries such as the Ministry of Higher Education, Social Welfare, Ministry of Labor, and Ministry of Media and Information, beside a number of NGOs like Union of Health Working Committees, Medical Services, and WHO…
The Society work according to the Primary Health Care System which concentrates on prevention and health promotion based on life skills, and through cooperation with all sectors to respond to the basic needs of the thalassaemia patients as legislated under the basic law, the general health law, labor law, disability law, and legislations from international institutions such as the charter of human rights, and the Salamanca Declaration for Persons with Disability, the Millennium Development Goals, the post 2015 Declaration and others.
TPFS most important achievements for year 2017:
1. Launching the holistic treatment programme for thalassaemia patients, with the cooperation of the Ministry of Health. The programme includes the establishment of four thalassaemia centers. These centers will provide treatment and periodic tests for the patients, as well as, training facilities for patients and professionals on the treatment protocol, among many other things.
2. TPFS has won the Sultan Ben Khalifeh Al Nahian award for the best awareness project and another for the most distinguished patient.
3. TPFS has joined the Palestinian Coalition for the Employment of People with special needs.
4. Establishing a database for the patients of the West Bank and Gaza.
5. Electing Mr. Anton Skafi to represent TPFS on the board of the Thalassaemia International Federation for a third term. The elections took place during a meeting for the general assembly of the federation in Thessaloniki – Greece on Nov 19, 2017.
6. Forty-five thalassaemia patients from the West Bank and Gaza got their BA degrees.
7. New scholarships were granted to thalassaemia patients by Al Najah, the American, and al Azhar universities, and the continuation of previous scholarships by the Jerusalem Open University and Modern College.
8. preparing a team of Patients Health Educators from the West Bank and Gaza to train other patients on daily life skills.
9. Signing a three years agreement with the Medical Relief Services to do cardiac tests for 50 patients from Ramallah district and another cardiac tests and ferritin measurement for 100 patients from Gaza.
10.TPFS Palestine got the Ta’awon award (the late Ahmad Abu Ghazaleh) for the distinguished association in the medical field.
11.With international and regional participation, TPFS held the 6th National Thalassaemia Conference with the moto “ with quality work we achieve hope”
World diabetes foundation - WDF
The World Diabetes Foundation (WDF) was founded by Novo Nordisk A/S in 2002 as an independent and non-profit foundation. Now 15 years later, the WDF is still one of the few funding mechanisms dedicated to preventing and treating diabetes in developing countries. It is the WDF's mission to empower governments, civil society and other non-state actors who strive to deliver on global commitments through national and local action. To achieve this, we create partnerships and act as a catalyst to help others do more. We encourage and fund innovative projects and strategies to prevent and treat diabetes and its complications...
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Palestine children’s relief fund –PCRF
The Palestine Children’s Relief Fund was founded in 1991 in the USA to address the medical needs of Arab children in the Middle East. They provide medical and humanitarian relief collectively and individually to Arab children throughout the Levant, regardless of their nationality, politics or religion…
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IPNGO - The reality of the health needs of the Palestinian people
Gaza Strip has been a permanent threat to the Zionist entity since it was declared in 1948. Therefore, the occupation has forced its people to live under extremely difficult conditions since it took over in 1967,
but it has become more severe and cruel for the past 12 years now, when it declared Gaza an open prison. Where more than a million living various aspects of life, making their reality to unbearable hell.This siege was one of the most difficult and arrogant on the health, economic and food sectors, preventing the most basic elements of life by isolating them from the simplest needs as medical care. With the siege suffocating the densely populated area ,in which Gaza strip is one of the highest populated density in the world has made the reality of the health sector critical , as the life of patients in the health sector is threatened by a severe shortage of drugs , furthermore, preventive and therapeutic drugs which is necessary for patients suffering from cancer, diabetes, heart and arteries diseases, and dialysis patients that Any shortage or delaying in the treatment plan can affect the patients severely.
Electricity and medical care:
In the case of Fuel supplies and power cuts that last of more than 6_12 hours per day and the instability of the energy supply needed by hospitals for the continued operation of intensive care units and surgeries, threatened the lives of patients that might lead them to an extreme risk.
as for the equipment in hospitals, 60% of these equipment need constant maintenance or renewal or to be disposed of, without working on the equipment improvement or reconstruction, also the Shortage in the simplest medical supplies and their quantities.
Clean water and nutrition:
The population has suffered from food insecurity and malnutrition, as well as the deterioration of sewage systems due to the shortage of materials and supplies for the sewage and sewage networks, which resulted in the deterioration of the only groundwater reservoir in the sector and the damage of water and sewage pipes. The lack of drinking water suitable to human usage due to the lack of electricity, also the restrictions on basic chemicals needed for the work of desalination plants. The United Nations estimate that 90% of the water of the sector is unsafe for human use and it may cause the spread of serious diseases such as typhoid and watery diarrhea.
The reports indicate that 15% of children under the age of five suffer from chronic malnutrition while anemia affects 58.6% of school children, anemia also affects 68.1% children aged 9-12 months.
The continues stage of war that Gaza strip suffered from consumed large amount of medical needs in equipment and drugs for treatment , several medical facilities had shortage in several essentials for proper medical need , this needs were increasing due to the large numbers of injuries and the critical cases that need surgeries and full medical care, some of these injuries were forced to leave the hospitals and medical centers before finishing the treatment , some patients had to buy their own medicine with a higher price because it was not available in the hospitals , where others has difficulties in buying the medicines because of the economic situation.
In addition to the birth of about ten out of every 1000 Palestinian children with diseases and congenital malformations because of the chemical substances and explosive barrels that Israel has thrown in very large quantities during the wars on Gaza strip, in which these substances are internationally prohibited.
In addition, the siege on Gaza has enabled the newly graduated doctors from having proper training outside Gaza, also forbidding other medical aid doctors from entering the strip leading in a shortage in medical help. The siege caused difficulties for injured Palestinian to leave in order to get better medical care, some of the casualties died before receiving treatment because of the refusal to give them passes to travel for medical treatment.
This difficult stage that the health and medical sector suffer from reveals the levels of shortage and suffering that the million people living in Gaza will face , affecting their lives in the near future , the world around them should make a move to prevent this humanitarian situation from exploding , people living in Gaza are human and they deserve their basic human needs like many other people living in the world , getting the right medical and health care by providing medicines and medical equipment needed for hospitals and health centers special the one needed for chronical diseases such hospitals treating cancers and dialysis , helping in improving and providing medical labs , surgery rooms , and the continues maintenance for medical equipment, providing fuel and electricity needed for surgery rooms and intensive care units , working on providing supplement energy sources , also helping with providing medicine to poor family for the medicine needed or giving free medicines.
