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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
Lama S Jamjoum, PhD, MPH, Health, Developmnt, Information, and Policy Institute, POBox 21555, Beit Hanina, East Jerusalem, Israel, 972-50-617653, ljamjoum@hotmail.com
The presentation will describe the short-term and long-term effects of the Israeli policies and practices on three million Palestinians living under military occupation in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza Strip, during the second Palestinian uprising, starting September 2000.
Several aspects of the situation will be presented: - Israel's excessive use of force to combat the Palestinian uprising leading to Palestinian deaths, injuries, and disabilities. - Attacks on medical and emergency teams on duty and attacks on health cnters and hospitals. - The effects of the internal siege (Israelis have erected hundreds of checkpoints at the entrance of each Palestinian village or town, isolating these communities from each other) and external closures (cutting off Palestinian territories from the rest of the world) on health of Palestinians. - The effects of the siege and closures on health care provision, especially for surveillance activities, supervision and referrals, secondary and tertiary services in urban areas, primary health care special programs such as vaccination services and maternal and child health programs. - The psychological effects of the military conflict on Palestinians, especially children. - What Palestinians and Palestinian health organizations have done to cope with the poor health conditions.
Learning Objectives:
Keywords: War, Access to Health Care
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.