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Israeli attacks on healthcare in the Gaza Strip are causing a near-total collapse of health services in central and southern Gaza, following a similar situation in the North. Health workers, patients, and displaced people are forced to move into smaller spaces amid bombardments and bad weather conditions, leading to the looming threat of infectious disease outbreaks, especially among children and pregnant women.
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<div style="margin:0 0 1.5em;padding:0"><img src="https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/content/images/size/w1600/2024/01/image-12-1-2.png" alt="" width="600" height="200" style="border:none;max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto;height:auto;width:auto"></div><h2 id="m_6010010852050440179this-fortnight" style="margin-top:0;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,'Segoe UI',Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,'Apple Color Emoji','Segoe UI Emoji','Segoe UI Symbol';line-height:1.11em;font-weight:700;margin:1.5em 0 0.5em 0;font-size:32px">This fortnight </h2><p style="margin:0 0 1.5em 0;line-height:1.6em">Israeli attacks on healthcare in the Gaza Strip are causing a near-total collapse of health services in central and southern <a href="https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/9fd22b4b?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a" rel="noreferrer" style="color:#3ea620;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Gaza</a>, following a similar situation in the North. Health workers, patients, and displaced people are forced to move into smaller spaces amid bombardments and bad weather conditions, leading to the looming threat of infectious disease <a href="https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/8a28daa4?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a" style="color:#3ea620;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><u>outbreaks</u></a>, especially among children and pregnant women. </p><p style="margin:0 0 1.5em 0;line-height:1.6em">Despite their predicament, <a href="https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/2b59ffc6?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a" style="color:#3ea620;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><u>health workers</u></a> in Gaza remain steadfast, continuing to provide care even as supplies run short. However, they also continue to be targets of the Israeli Occupying Forces: many were kidnapped weeks ago, their status unknown, and over 400 have been <a href="https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/926a4fb7?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a" rel="noreferrer" style="color:#3ea620;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">killed </a>in Israeli attacks.</p><p style="margin:0 0 1.5em 0;line-height:1.6em">The health situation in Gaza was addressed at the most recent meeting of the World Health Organization’s <a href="https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/f835508d?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a" style="color:#3ea620;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><u>Executive Board</u></a>. In addition to discussing the war on Palestine, WHO members covered topics such as the agency's finances, plans for responding to ongoing health emergencies, and climate change. They also dedicated time to evaluating progress made in the field of <a href="https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/7171181e?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a" style="color:#3ea620;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><u>Universal Health Coverage</u></a> and discussed the upcoming Pandemic Treaty.</p><p style="margin:0 0 1.5em 0;line-height:1.6em">Part of the WHO’s efforts are devoted to monitoring and responding to outbreaks. Unfortunately, the UN’s health agency noted an increasing number of <a href="https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/f364120a?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a" style="color:#3ea620;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><u>cholera </u></a>outbreaks worldwide, with African countries being the most affected.</p><p style="margin:0 0 1.5em 0;line-height:1.6em">Meanwhile, health workers continued their fight for dignity and improvements to their rights. In Andhra Pradesh, India, <a href="https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/43cbded0?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a" style="color:#3ea620;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><u>Anganwadi </u></a>workers, who work in rural childcare centers, secured a major victory after more than 40 days of strike. In <a href="https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/a40960dc?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a" style="color:#3ea620;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><u>Morocco</u></a>, nurses announced a new wave of actions as their contribution to the health system remains unrecognized by the government.</p><p style="margin:0 0 1.5em 0;line-height:1.6em">Most <a href="https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/60fc43b2?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a" style="color:#3ea620;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><u>European </u></a>countries are now facing a severe shortage of health workers. 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If enacted, this would provide stronger formal protection for sexual and reproductive health rights, although it wouldn’t guarantee that reproductive health services are adequately financed and organized.</p><hr style="display:block;width:100%;margin:3em 0;padding:0;height:1px;border:0;border-top:1px solid #e5eff5"><h2 id="m_6010010852050440179in-focus-health-in-palestine" style="margin-top:0;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,'Segoe UI',Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,'Apple Color Emoji','Segoe UI Emoji','Segoe UI Symbol';line-height:1.11em;font-weight:700;margin:1.5em 0 0.5em 0;font-size:32px">In focus: Health in Palestine</h2><p style="margin:0 0 1.5em 0;line-height:1.6em"><a href="https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/bfe0c501?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a" rel="noreferrer" style="color:#3ea620;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><b style="font-weight:700">Healthcare in southern Gaza facing a fate similar to that in the North</b></a></p><p style="margin:0 0 1.5em 0;line-height:1.6em">Israeli Occupying Forces continue their attacks on healthcare in the Gaza Strip, moving towards hospitals and health centers in the central and southern regions</p><div style="margin:0 0 1.5em;padding:0"><img src="https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/content/images/2024/01/gaza-2-1-.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="337" style="border:none;max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto;height:auto;width:auto"></div><p style="margin:0 0 1.5em 0;line-height:1.6em"><a href="https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/209847b3?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a" rel="noreferrer" style="color:#3ea620;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><b style="font-weight:700">Israeli destruction of health infrastructure in Gaza places women and newborns in danger</b></a></p><p style="margin:0 0 1.5em 0;line-height:1.6em">All health services have been decimated by Israeli attacks, making it virtually impossible for people in need of urgent care, including women in labor, to reach hospitals and health centers</p><div style="margin:0 0 1.5em;padding:0"><img src="https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/content/images/2024/01/402650379_320831100582943_4382715765847820623_n.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="338" style="border:none;max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto;height:auto;width:auto"></div><p style="margin:0 0 1.5em 0;line-height:1.6em"><a href="https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/9fa59589?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a" rel="noreferrer" style="color:#3ea620;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><b style="font-weight:700">Fate of Palestinian health workers kidnapped by Israeli forces remains uncertain</b></a></p><p style="margin:0 0 1.5em 0;line-height:1.6em">The status of health workers arrested by Israeli Occupying Forces in northern Gaza remains uncertain as attacks on health infrastructure continue</p><div style="margin:0 0 1.5em;padding:0"><img src="https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/content/images/2024/01/DrMuhannaAwda-2.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="338" style="border:none;max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto;height:auto;width:auto"></div><hr style="display:block;width:100%;margin:3em 0;padding:0;height:1px;border:0;border-top:1px solid #e5eff5"><h2 id="m_6010010852050440179in-review-who-executive-board-discussions" style="margin-top:0;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,'Segoe UI',Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,'Apple Color Emoji','Segoe UI Emoji','Segoe UI Symbol';line-height:1.11em;font-weight:700;margin:1.5em 0 0.5em 0;font-size:32px">In review: WHO Executive Board discussions</h2><p style="margin:0 0 1.5em 0;line-height:1.6em"><a href="https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/d8e80fbf?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a" rel="noreferrer" style="color:#3ea620;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><b style="font-weight:700">Will WHO members seize the moment to fight against inequities?</b></a></p><p style="margin:0 0 1.5em 0;line-height:1.6em">The WHO’s Executive Board is meeting for its 154th session in Geneva from January 22-27. 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<div style="display:-webkit-box;overflow-y:hidden;margin-top:12px;max-height:40px;color:#738a94;font-size:13px;line-height:1.5em;font-weight:400">“They’re poisoning us! They’re killing us!” read the placards at the anti-chlordecone demonstration held in Martinique on 28 October 2023. The protest was the culmination of a week of mobilisation held under the banner Simenn Matinik Doubout - Gaoulé kont klordecone (‘Martinique Rise Up Week - Protest against Chlordecone’ in Creole), launched by a collective bringing together some 30 organisations from the French overseas departments and mainland France. “We want the French state to acknowledge (...)</div>
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