{"id":197755,"date":"2002-08-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=197755"},"modified":"2019-03-12T17:28:14","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:28:14","slug":"auto-insert-197755","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-197755\/","title":{"rendered":"Situation in the OPT – WHO Health Inforum newsletter (15 Aug. 2002)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/span> <\/strong><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\tHealth Inforum News<\/strong> \n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\tVolume 1, No.10, 15 August 2002<\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\t______________________________________________________________________________________<\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\tIn view of the recent re-alignment of the health operations room (HART), the name is changed into "Health Inforum".<\/i><\/span> <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\tWelcome to the tenth edition of the Health Inforum Newsletter (formerly HART News). In our ongoing efforts to provide useful information to the whole of the health community, we continue to welcome any comments or suggestions you might have to help us improve this newsletter. Each Newsletter has had a particular theme. If your organization has an information need that you would like to address, please let us know and will do our best to accommodate your request.\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\tThe theme of this issue is Nutritional Status of the Palestinian children and women. In light of the recent release of the preliminary findings from the "<\/span>Nutritional Assessment and Sentinel Surveillance System for West Bank and Gaza – 5 August 2002"<\/u><\/a> prepared by Al-Quds University, John Hopkins University and Global Group for Administrative Consults, and funded by the USAID, CARE international, we decided to dedicate this issue to the early reactions and responses of different organizations to the results. You can find a copy of this survey on our website under Situation & Needs Analysis -> Report Library. <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\tIn addition, the following news items are also covered:\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\t1. Changing the name of "HART" to Health Inforum.
\n2. Humanitarian convoy for supply distribution to different districts in the west Bank.
\n3. On-line discussion surrounding the recently released nutrition survey.
\n4. USAID Announces Expansion of Community Psychosocial Support Program
\n5. World Health Organization has moved its office in Jerusalem\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\tMinistry of Health Response to the Nutrition Survey Results<\/span> <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\tAt a press conference on August 5th where the nutrition survey results were made public, Dr. Riyad Zanoun, Minister of Health, appealed to the whole international community to intervene and save the Palestinian children and women from the deterioration of health conditions caused by the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories. He declared a state of emergency and called upon the USAID and the Donor Countries to assist with the following top priority initiatives:\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n