GENEVA (Ina) - adopted by the World Health Assembly, at its sixty - ninth session in Geneva on Wednesday (May 25, 2016), introduced a draft Palestinian resolution condemning Israel 's treatment of prisoners and attacks on medical personnel and ambulances and the storming of medical centers, and stresses the right of Palestinians to receive treatment, and addresses Health situation in Palestine in general.
He said Palestinian Minister of Health , Dr. Jawad Awad that 107 countries voted in favor of theresolution, as voted 8 countries against him, and declined another 8 from the vote, while absent from thevote 61 countries. the
minister Awad and addressed the Assembly in which he talked about the challenges and obstacles facing the health sector in Velstinn he said the full geographical separation carried out by the occupying between the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and the presence of hundreds of military checkpoints in theWest Bank between the provinces, cities and villages constitute without doubt an obstacle to communicate health and follow - up and monitoring, and also be a hindrance provide curative and preventive services.
he added that Palestinian ambulances are exposed movement disability, inspection and delay by Israeli soldiers, as they prevent her from providing ambulance for immediate injuries, noting that hospitals andhealth centers have not been spared the raids, arrests and killings, and that was in each of the purposes hospital in Jerusalem hospital Ahli in Hebron and other health centers.
Turning the Minister of Health in his speech to talk about the racist separation wall, saying that he hadremoved more than a quarter of a million people and left 70 percent of them of their income to their dependence on agriculture, which led to increasing poverty rate , which is already high in the Palestinian territories, and increased difficulty in access to health services.
he said the power outage in Gaza prevented the ability of the medical staff on the surgical procedure and sessions washing for kidney patients, and the inability to pump water and wastewater disposal as aresult of power outages, as well as the scarcity of fuels and the use of scorched oils as an alternative towhat posed by environmental pollution and carcinogens, as well as carcinogens gases , chemicals andexperimental weapons that Palestinians suffered in Gaza and continue to suffer, and this has increased and will increase more in the future of cancer and other chronic diseases.
the Minister of Health what left by Israeli successive Gaza Strip disabilities wars, and what caused thegift mass in the West Bank of the injuries and casualties as a result of the use of occupation of live ammunition and metal and rubber, he according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health reports, about 2.5 percent of the Palestinian people complain about different disabilities, but 49 percent of them complain of physical disabilities and need rehabilitation and perhaps for a lifetime. the
minister Awad pointed out in his speech to the mental illnesses that have increased in Palestine significantly when adults and kids, only UNICEF studies, about 400 thousand children in the Gaza Strip inneed of psychosocial support, and there are study of the Christian Association of young people indicate that about 65 percent of minors who were arrested by the occupation forces suffer from psychological disorders.
Turning Awad to Israeli prisons Clinics, saying it does not provide the minimum treatment necessary and appropriate Palestinian prisoners, which led to increasing the number of patients and increase Amadaafathm which put their lives at risk. it is
noteworthy that the World Health Assembly is the highest decision - making body of the World Health Organization. The Assembly meets once every year, with the participation of delegations from all Member States of the Organization, and their main function to determine the organization 's policies.
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