Cancer mortality in the West Bank, Occupied Palestinian Territory

AbstractObjectiveTo assess anaemia prevalence and correlated social and biological determinants among pregnant women in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (oPt).DesignA cross-sectional survey conducted among pregnant women attending/accessing UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East) health centres in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank in September and October 2006.SettingFifty-five UNRWA health centres in the oPt (eighteen in the Gaza Strip and thirty-seven in the West Bank).SubjectsA random sample of 1740 pregnant women.ResultsOverall anaemia prevalence was 38·6 % (95 % CI 36·3, 40·9 %). A substantial difference in anaemia prevalence was observed between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank (44·9 % v. 31·1 %, respectively), as well as a significant increase in anaemia prevalence in the Gaza Strip compared with an Agency-wide survey conducted in 2004 (44·9 % v. 35·7 %, respectively). Anaemia prevalence was found to increase with age, parity and trimester of gestation.ConclusionsAnaemia still appears to be a public health problem among pregnant women in spite of UNRWA interventions. The West Bank shows prevalence rates similar to those observed in neighbouring countries, while the Gaza Strip has higher rates. Prevalence rates of anaemia among pregnant Palestinian women are more than two times higher than those observed in Europe.

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Perceptions of drug use and sexual behaviours of adolescents in the West Bank, occupied Palestinian territory: a qualitative study

The Lancet ◽

10.1016/s0140-6736(13)62596-9 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 382 ◽

pp. S24 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Salwa Massad ◽

Rita Karam ◽

Ryan Brown ◽

Peter Glick ◽

Mohammed Shaheen ◽

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Keyword(s):

Drug Use ◽

Qualitative Study ◽

West Bank ◽

The West ◽

Occupied Palestinian Territory ◽

Sexual Behaviours ◽

Palestinian Territory

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Assessment of parental nurturing and associated social, economic, and political factors among children in the West Bank of the occupied Palestinian territory (WB/oPt)

BMC Pediatrics ◽

10.1186/s12887-020-02317-0 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 20 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Nouh Harsha ◽

Luay Ziq ◽

Margaret A. Lynch ◽

Rita Giacaman

Keyword(s):

Social Economic ◽

West Bank ◽

The West ◽

Political Factors ◽

Occupied Palestinian Territory ◽

Palestinian Territory

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Separation Barrier

The Occupation of Justice ◽

10.1093/oso/9780190696023.003.0012 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 233-272

Author(s):

David Kretzmer ◽

Yaël Ronen

Keyword(s):

Supreme Court ◽

Critical Analysis ◽

West Bank ◽

Advisory Opinion ◽

The West ◽

Occupied Palestinian Territory ◽

The Supreme Court ◽

Principle Of Proportionality ◽

Palestinian Territory ◽

Legal Consequences

This chapter examines the way in which the Supreme Court has handled petitions regarding the construction in the West Bank of the separation barrier and its associated regime (the Seam Zone). The Court upheld the legality of the construction of the barrier as a whole, but in specific cases mitigated the harm caused to individuals. As opposed to the ICJ’s Advisory Opinion on the Legal Consequences of Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, when reviewing the route chosen for the separation barrier, the Court circumvented the question of the legality of the settlement project. The chapter includes a critical analysis of the use of the principle of proportionality in the Court’s decisions on the separation barrier, and the implications of the Court’s decisions for the settlement project.

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