American Univesity of Beirut

The following links concern public health in Palestine. This page will be updated regularly so please visit often. Suggest additional resources or tell us if a link is broken. Please write us at: phaw-admin@aub.edu.lb​

Audio Visual Materials

• AUBatLebanon, Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy & Intern. Affairs (contains videos that discuss Palestinian refugees in Lebanon)
  
• Breast Cancer Awareness and Prevention in the West Bank (Palestinian Health Sector Reform and Development Project, 2011)
  
• Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) (AntiHasbara, 2009)
  
• Dr. Miriam Garfinkle, Abdel Rahman Lawendy: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Q & A : Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 
  
• Dr Miri Weingarten - Symposmium on Conflict and Health in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (Adrian Cousins, 2009)
  
• Health care and immunization for Palestinian mothers and children in need - Palestine (unicef, 2010)
  
• Health Care for Palestinians Marooned by Israel [CARE and ECHO] (wikiwoma, 2009)
  
• Health Under Siege: The Gaza Model - Palestine (UCIrvineOCW, 2012)
  
• Israel tries to break Palestinian psyche  [©PressTV] - Palestine (World2Awakens5, 2012): Part 1, Part 2
  
• Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) - Palestine (MedicalAidPalestine): Birth In the Shadows: Protecting Mothers and Newborns in the Palestinian Refugee Camps (2011), Health Problems in Refugee camps in Lebanon (2011), Life In The Shadows - Palestinians in Lebanon (2011), Safeguarding Childbirth in Gaza (2011), MAP and the situation Nahr al Bared (2010), MAP's Home Visit Programme (2010)
  
• Nutrition, Mental Health and Health-Related Quality of Life - Palestine (UWMedicine, 2008)
  
• Palestinian Health Sector Reform and Development Project (USAID): Introducing the MoH's Health Information System (2010), Palestinian Voices on Health - Overcoming Disability (2012)
  
• Palestine Network Health Track - Palestine (PalestineNetwork, 2010) (on building the health sector): Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8
  
• Palestine pharmaceuticals pay the price - Palestine (AussieNews1, 2012)
  
• The Camps: Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon - Palestine (AlternateFocus, 2006): Part 1, Part 2
  
• The Jenin Solid Waste Management Project - Palestine (WorldBank, 2010): (Eng, Ar)
  
• UNRWA - Palestine: PTSD in Gaza (2013)
  
• UNRWA family health team for Palestine refugees: تبني نهج فريق صحة العائلة - Palestine (seitawho, 2012)
  
• Water pollution putts Gazans' health in danger ‎ - Press TV News - Palestine (presstvmobile, 2012)
  
•  (Ahmad albaik, 2012)الفلسطينيون فى لبنان والواقع الصحي  

Bibliography and Publications

• Eldis - Palestine
  
• Global Information and Early Warning System on food and agriculture (GIEWS) - Special Reports on West Bank and Gaza Strip: April 2002 
  
• Palestinian National Health Strategy 2011-2013. 2010. Palestine
  
• PreventionWeb - Policy, Plans & Statements - Palestine
  
• UN Women Reports:
  
• Exploring the Dynamics and Vulnerabilities of HIV Transmission Amongst Sex Workers in the Palestinian Context
  
• Occupied Palestinian Territory Sabaya Programme Evaluation Report
  
• UNICEF - Gender equality profiles from the Middle East and North Africa Region (MENA) - Palestine
  
• World Health Assembly. (2006). Health conditions in the occupied Palestinian territory, including east Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan.
  
• World Bank - Open Knowledge Repository (you can choose countries and topics) - Palestine
  

Centers, Organizations and Institutes

• Act for Change (ACTED) - Palestine
  
• Al-Quds Human Rights Clinic (AQHRC) - Palestine
  
• Al-Quds Nutrition and Health Research Institute - Palestine
  
• Center for Development in Primary Health Care, AlQuds University (Palestine)
  
• Child Institute, AlQuds University (Beit Hanina campus, Palestine)
  
• Child Rights International Network (CRIN) - Palestine
  
• Health, Development, Information and Policy (HDIP) - Ramallah, Palestine
  
• HelpAge - Palestine
  
• HIV InSite - Middle East and North Africa (Center for HIV Information (CHI), University of California, UCSF Medical Center) -Palestine
  
• Institute of Women’s Studies, Birzeit University (Birzeit, Palestine)
  
• Internal Displacement Monitoring Center (IDMC) - Palestine
  
• International Relief and Development (IRD) / Middle East: IraqWest Bank and Gaza Strip
  
• InterWATER - Palestine
  
• Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor - Palestine
  
• Near East Foundation (US) (works in Palestine)
  
• Office for the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) - United Nations' Human Rights - Human Rights  Programme for the Middle East and North Africa: Palestine 
  
• Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute-MAS
  
• Palestinian Family Planning and Protection Association (PFPPA) - Palestine
  
• Palestinian Ministry of Education
  
• Palestinian Ministry of Health
  
• Psycho-Social Counseling Center for Women (PSCCW) - Bethlehem, Palestine
  
• Psychology Resources Around the World - (Midle East / Africa - contains information on Arab countries in Africa) -  Palestine
  
• Ramalla Center for Human rights studies (Palestine)
  
• The Palestinian National Institute of Public Health (PNIPH) (Palestine)
  
• Union of Health Work Committees - Palestine
  
• United Nations Development Group (UNDG) - Palestine
  
• UNDP - Programme of Assistance to the Palestinian People
  
• UNESCO International Bureau of Education - Palestine
  
• UNESCWA Population Information Network (POPIN) - Palestine
  
• UNFPA - Palestine
  
• UNICEF - Palestine
  
• UNISDR (United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction) - Palestine
  
• UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East)
  
• United States Department of Labor, Bureau of International Labor Affairs - West Bank and Gaza (scroll down)
  
• United Nations Mine Action Support (UNMAS) - Palestine
  
• United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) - Palestine
  

Conferences

• The Lancet Palestinian Health Alliance (LPHA) Seventh Annual Conference: Health of Palestinians, March 7-8-10 2016 (Beirut, Lebanon)
  
• The Second Third National Conference on “Special Educational Programs in Palestinian Universities”: New Trends for Autism Syndrome, 2-3 April 2013 (Bethlehem, Palestine)
  
• The Third National Conference on “Special Educational Programs in Palestinian Universities" :Persons with Disabilities: ACT, Vision and Implementation for sharing the future, 7-8 October 2013 (Bethlehem, Palestine)
  

 Data and Statistics

• Childinfo (UNICEF)
  
• Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MISC):  MICS - Round 5 (2012-2015) : Palestine (Arabic, English), Round 4 (2009-2011) & Round 1 (1995): Done in Palestine 
  
• Profile of Palestine
  
• DataFinder, Population Reference Bureau - Palestine
  
• Data Wizard (Devinfo) - Palestine (the database allows for  choosing countries and indicators to generate statistics)
  
• Eastern Mediterranean Regional Health System Observatory (WHO EMRO) - Palestine
  
• Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 (Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation - IHME) - Country profiles - Palestine
  
• Global Data Sources: Global Database on Iodine Deficienc - Plaestine (WHO), Global Health Fact - Palestine (Kaiser Foundation), Global Database on Anaemia - West Bank & Gaza (WHO), Global Database on Vitamin A Deficiency - West Bank & Gaza (WHO)
  
• Global Road Satety Partnership - Middle East and North Africa - Palestine 
  
• Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation: Palestine
  
• Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) Country Briefing - Palestine
  
• NationMaster.com - Gaza Strip, West Bank
  
• PreventionWeb - Disaster Data & Statistics -  Palestine
  
• Regional Health Observatory (click on "Occupied Palestinian Territory" on the left navigation)
  
• Social Watch- Extended Data - West Bank & Gaza
  
• Step-wise Surveillance System (STEPS):
  
• country reports, data books, fact sheets, journal articles, presentations or posters -  Palestine 
  
• The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC):  Health, Education
  
• The Tobacco Atlas - West Bank & Gaza Strip (click on "Topics" for different themes)
  
• UNESCO education country profile - Palestine
  
• World Bank Data, Development Statistics - Palestine 
  
• World Bank - Poverty & Equity Data - Middle East & North Africa - West Bank & Gaza
  
• World Health Organization data and statistics on Road injury - West Bank & Gaza 
  

Health systems

• Palestine - WHO Country Cooperation Strategy (2009-2013)
  

Laws and regulations

• Health Laws and legistlation - Palestine
  

Maps

• GINI index/ Middle East: Gaza Strip, West Bank
  

Programs and Initiatives/Projects 

• AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases (WHO EMRO) - Palestine
  
• Community Based Rehabilitation Program (Palestinian Medical Relief Society)
  
• Community Based Rehabilitation - South Palestine
  
• Disease Control Priorities Project - Middle East and North Africa -  West Bank & Gaza
  
• Gaza Community Mental Health Programme
  
• Health Systems 20/20 projects:  West bank/Gaza
  
• Humanitarian Action for Children - Middle East & North Africa (UNICEF) - Palestine
  
• Stars of Hope (Empowerment of women with disabilities) - Palestine
  
• Save The Children (UK) - West Bank and Gaza Strip
  
• Save the Children (Sweden) - Palestine
  
• World Food Programme ​- Palestine