NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 2020
WOMEN’S HEALTHCARE STUDY COMPLETED
A Project Rozana-commissioned feasibility study on the delivery of primary healthcare and sexual and reproductive health services to women living in remote villages of the West Bank has just been completed.
Funded through Project Rozana USA, the study was authored by the Toronto-based Canada International Scientific Exchange Program (CISEPO) with the Hebron-based Green Land Society for Health Development (GLSHD). The original completion date was abandoned because of the impact of COVID-19.
The study includes input from Israeli and Palestinian health sector partners and relevant international governmental organizations, including the WHO, UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), and local community and women’s organizations.
The multi-year, multi-million dollar study provides a preliminary assessment of local requirements and considerations related to the development of a program for Area C (see map below) of the West Bank.
As part of the Oslo Accords that were signed between Israel and the Palestinians in the mid-1990s, the West Bank was divided into three Areas – A, B & C. The Palestinian Authority which was created as part of the Oslo Accords, is responsible for medical services to Palestinians in Area C, which is about 61% of the West Bank.
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As part of the Oslo Accords that were signed between Israel and the Palestinians in the mid-1990s, the West Bank was divided into three Areas – A, B & C. The Palestinian Authority which was created as part of the Oslo Accords, is responsible for medical services to Palestinians in Area C, which is about 61% of the West Bank.
CISEPO’s analysis lays out a Peacebuilding through Health roadmap for improving women’s health in the West Bank. The roadmap responds and contributes to the Palestinian State of Emergency COVID-19 Response Plan. It is designed to support cooperative regional efforts to improve women’s health delivery during and post COVID-19.
To do so, it employs community mobilizers providing health services to their communities, who then connect local patients with nearby hospital partners. They do this via integrated digital solutions that include telehealth, hospital-based electronic medical records and mobile point of care diagnostics. Thus they ensure seamless care delivery.
In addition to improving women’s access to critical healthcare, the capacity building components of this approach will elevate women’s standing in their families and communities by providing skilled employment. Sustainably strengthening the health workforce to match WHO standards for care provision. It will also empower women in these communities as they will be able to access reproductive and primary care in situ.
Should it be implemented, it will be a unique and sustainable cross-border healthcare and health education to strengthen the Palestinian healthcare system and create conditions for peace. And this approach will also foster peacebuilding in the region by enabling cross-border knowledge transfer and relationships between Palestinians and Israelis.