{"id":202988,"date":"2005-03-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=202988"},"modified":"2019-03-12T18:28:55","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:28:55","slug":"auto-insert-202988","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-202988\/","title":{"rendered":"Situation in the OPT &#8211; WHO Health Inforum newsletter (01 March 2005)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"5px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27197%27%20height%3D%2739%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20197%2039%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27197%27%20height%3D%2739%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/52e3d832a42e892e85256fd3006a2444_image0.EMF\" border=\"0\" height=\"39px\" width=\"197px\" \/><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#808080;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Health Inforum News<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#808080;text-align:right;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Volume 4, No.58, 1 March, 2005<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><strong>________________________<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong>__________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;line-height:150%;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#ff0000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong>Welcome to the fifty-eighth issue of the Health Inforum Newsletter<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><strong>.<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" background=\"#000000\" width=\"100%\" style=\"text-align:left;margin-left:initial;margin-right:auto;\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"29%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Quote of the month<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"70%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>H<\/strong>ealth is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">merely the absence of disease or infirmity. <i><u>World Health Organization<\/u><\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"color:#800000;text-align:left;padding-top:11px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>CONTENTS<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Health News<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#8226; World Health Day 2005<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#8226; WFP delivers food to Al Mawasi<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#8226; WHO mission to investigate mumps outbreak in WB<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#8226; B&#39;Tselem&#8217;s updated map of the Separation Barrier<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#8226; Jerusalem resident delivers at Kalandia checkpoint<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#8226; 2nd issue of &#8220;Bridges&#8221; Magazine<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#8226; WHO\/ Health Inforum Coordination activities in oPt<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#8226; National Plan for Nutrition in oPt.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Reports<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">UNRWA Medium Term Plan<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#0000ff;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Projects<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Maternal, Child Health And Nutrition Project (HANAN).<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Casualties &amp; access incidents<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">During 28\/1-27\/2, 2005 , 20 deaths according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">During February, there were 14 episodes of ambulance delay and 4 cases of denied access.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"5px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>HEALTH NEWS<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>World Health Day 2005<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">WHO announced healthy mothers and children as the theme for World Health Day 2005. This is also the subject of the World Health Report 2005, which will be launched on World Health Day, on 7 April 2005.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">The slogan for World Health Day 2005 is &quot;Make every mother and child count&quot;, which reflects the reality that today, the health of women and children is not a high enough priority for many governments and the international community. For more information please click <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.who.int\/world-health-day\/2005\/en\/\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">www.who.int\/world-health-day\/2005\/en\/<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>WFP Delivers Food to Al-Mawasi<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">On February 20th, WFP succeeded, for the first time in four years, in delivering food aid to Al-Mawasi area, in the Gaza strip. A two month ration was distributed amongst families of fishermen, farmers, Bedouins and hardship<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">social cases. Since the outbreak of the second Intifada, Al-Mawasi has been under strict IDF control and was totally disconnected from the rest of the Gaza strip.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Al-Mawasi is located in the southwest of the Gaza Strip. About 7,000 Palestinians live, completely isolated from the rest of Gaza, between the settlement of Gush Katif and the sea. Palestinians are allowed out during the day only if they obtain an IDF permit and they must return home within the same day, before sunset. Al-Mawasi was once an agricultural and fishing community located near the seashore, but, since the outbreak of the second Intifada, the area has been strangled.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>WHO mission to assist in the investigation on mumps outbreak in the West Bank<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">In a follow up for the WHO response to Mumps outbreak in West Bank, A special mission of WHO-headquarter will visit the West Bank and Gaza on March 10-19, 2005. Several meetings will take place with the Ministry of Health<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">(MOH) and other health agencies.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">The objectives of the mission are the following:<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">. Review the MOH program for prevention and control of measles, mumps and rubella.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">. Assist MOH officials in characterizing the mumps outbreak<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">. Characterize the clinical distribution of the disease.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">. Review laboratory investigations of the outbreak with MOH officials.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">. Make recommendations for outbreak control and use of mumps vaccine in the Expanded Program of Immunization schedule.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>B&#39;Tselem publishes an updated map of the Separation Barrier<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">On February 20 2005, the Israeli government approved an updated route for the Separation Barrier. According to the map published by the Ministry of Defense, sections of the revised route will run close to or along the Green Line, thus reducing the harm caused to the daily life of Palestinians living in proximity to the route.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">Despite these improvements, the new route does not eliminate the &#8220;fingers&#8221; which reach deep into the West Bank to surround the Ariel and Qedumim settlements. In addition, a new section of the Barrier has been added around Ma&#39;ale Adumim and the settlements near it. In these locations, the government approved the route. For more information and to download the updated Separation Barrier map, please visit <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.btselem.org\/English\/\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">www.btselem.org\/English\/<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Jerusalem resident delivers at Kalandia checkpoint<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">15 February 2005 around 9:00 am &#8211; A woman in labor &#8211; with Jerusalem ID &#8211; was denied to cross Kalandia checkpoint by the Israeli soldiers, on her route to a Palestinian hospital in Jerusalem. The soldiers claimed that her husband had no permission to enter Jerusalem. At the checkpoint, a PRCS ambulance team was asked to assist the woman who delivered in the ambulance. Both the mother and the baby are in good health and were transferred to Al-Muhtadi hospital in Kufr Aqab, near Ramallah.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>The 2nd issue of &#8220;Bridges&#8221; Magazine<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">The second issue of Bridges, the Israeli-Palestinian public health magazine, was published and distributed in West Bank, Gaza and Israel. This issue focuses on the subject of disabilities. The full copy of the magazine is available on <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.healthinforum.org\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\"><u>www.healthinforum.org<\/u><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>WHO\/ Health Inforum Coordination activities in oPt<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">On 9 February 2005, a district meeting was held in Tulkarem. MoH and UNRWA presented an overview of the current health situation in the district, including available services and needs. The main constraints are closures affecting the access to health services, shortages of medicine, shortages of staff, lack of financial resources, lack of coordination between MoH and other health providers.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">On 8 February, a Health Emergency Coordination Meeting in Gaza addressed the topic of solid waste management. The Chairman of the Environmental Quality Authority presented the critical issues in Gaza Strip, including the consequences of the closure of the roads leading to the landfill in the mid-zone. The GTZ also presented their activities and projects on the same subject. For more details, please see the minutes of the meetings at <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.healthinforum.org\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\"><u>www.healthinforum.org<\/u><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>National Plan for Nutrition in oPt.<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">In March 20 &#8211; 22 2005, MoH and WHO will conduct a 3 day workshop on the Operational Plan for National Nutrition Strategies in oPt. The workshop aims to develop a comprehensive operational plan of action for 2005 &#8211; 2008 based on the existing National Nutrition Strategies for the oPt.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Among the specific objectives there are: To present the key findings and conclusions of the &#8220;State of Nutrition&#8221; document and agree on the main nutrition problems in the OPT; to present and ratify a National Nutrition Policy Statement; to review the existing Nutrition Strategies and develop them into an operational plan.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"5px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>REPORTS<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:9pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>UNRWA Medium Term Plan (MTP) 2005 &#8211; 2009<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) presented their MTP 2005-2009 to the international donor community in Geneva, with a request of US$1.1 billion for the next five years.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">On the Health sector, the plan objectives include:<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>1. To achieve parity of UNRWA services with host authority and international standards:<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">a) Reducing excessive workloads. Exceptionally high workloads at primary health care facilities would be reduced by reinforcing staffing of the existing facilities and by establishing additional facilities that are adequately staffed and equipped;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">b) Improvement of refugee access to basic primary health care services. This requires investments in expanding, renovating and upgrading the Agency&#39;s primary health care facilities and medical equipment; and improving out-reach services with special emphasis on un-served and under-served communities. Duplication and overlap with the services of other providers would be minimized.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">c) Introducing equitable and sustainable hospitalization policies. The Agency would reduce the current disparities in resource allocations between Fields while increasing the allocations for Jordan, Gaza and Syria Fields. Referral policies\/practices will be rationalized in Lebanon and the West Bank Fields.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>2. To address the needs of vulnerable refugees<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Addressing priority unmet needs. Special emphasis will be placed on:<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">a) developing a program of psychosocial counseling and support, and initiating the phased implementation of community mental health programs in Fields beyond the oPt;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">b) establishing programs for early detection and management of disabilities among children, with special emphasis on disabilities which affect the learning abilities of children, such as vision and hearing defects;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">c) introducing screening and control of cancers among women by targeted screening of women at least once in the life cycle.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Improving environmental conditions in refugee camps. Special attention is required to address the primary health needs of camp residents who are made vulnerable to disease by unhygienic environmental conditions. This objective should be pursued in close co-ordination with local municipalities and with special emphasis on wastewater disposal and solid waste management.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>4. To build capacity within UNRWA<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Institutional capacity building and staff development in the health department. This is essential in order to improve system performance, and to meet future replacement needs, especially at the senior professional level. The use of ICT would be expanded and effective systems introduced for improving surveillance, monitoring and management of services at the delivery level. The Agency will also strive to improve planning, monitoring and evaluation of the program at all levels, utilizing whenever appropriate the results of the IUED-UCL\/UNRWA partnership.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Expected results and indicators:<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#8226; Doctor consultations are reduced to no more than 70 per day; there are 30 or more nurses for every 100,000 of the agency&#39;s beneficiary population.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#8226; Further reduction in infant, child and maternal mortality by improving the coverage and quality of ante-natal, intra-partum and post-natal care, further enhancement of the at-risk strategy, and expanding the use of modern contraceptive technology.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#8226; Improved management of child disabilities by integrating with school health services programs for screening, early detection and management of physical impairments such as hearing and vision defects.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#8226; Reduction of morbidity and mortality from communicable diseases by achieving the WHO targets for eradication of poliomyelitis, elimination of measles and control of tuberculosis; and by strengthening surveillance of other communicable diseases of public health importance.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#8226; Reduction of morbidity from micronutrient deficiencies such as iron deficiency anemia and other vitamin deficiencies among children and women of reproductive age by sustaining, expanding and supplementing food fortification programs;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#8226; Reduction of morbidity, disability and mortality from non-communicable diseases by mobilizing additional resources to strengthen strategies that address risk factors and that help to prevent complications;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#8226; Reduction in the burden of mental and psychological problems among vulnerable population groups especially women and children by implementing a community-based, multidisciplinary program within a preventive-based approach to psychosocial well being;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#8226; Reduction of morbidity and mortality from cancers of the breast and the uterus by implementing programs fully integrated within the Agency&#39;s primary health activities for targeted screening, early detection and management of these conditions;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#8226; Reduction of morbidity from sexually transmitted diseases by implementing the WHO recommended approach within the framework of the Agency&#39;s maternal health and disease control strategies;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#8226; Reduction of disability and premature death from acute and other life-threatening conditions by improving Agency assistance towards outsourced hospital treatment, especially in Fields where alternative facilities are not readily accessible to refugees at affordable cost;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#8226; Reduction in environmental hazards and contributing to sustainable development I refugee camps by upgrading camp water and sanitation infrastructure in close cooperation with local municipalities;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#8226; Enhanced capacity of the health care system in the areas of program analysis, monitoring and evaluation by upgrading the skills and capabilities of health professionals through in-service and post-graduate training, expanding the use of information technology and forging partnerships with local, regional and international research institutions.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\"><i>For more information ,please visit the UNRWA site <\/i><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.UNRWA.org\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\"><i><u>www.UNRWA.org<\/u><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"5px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>PROJECTS<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Project Title: Maternal, Child Health and Nutrition Project (HANAN).<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Location: <\/strong>Gaza Strip and West Bank<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Project duration<\/strong>:3 years.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Donor<\/strong>: US Agency for International Development (USAID)<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Starting Date<\/strong>: first of January, 2005<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Project Budget<\/strong>: US$ 21,000,000<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Implementing agency<\/strong>: John Snow Institute and others<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">The Maternal, Child Health and Nutrition Project (MCHNP) began on 1 January 2005 and will continue for 36 months. The goal of this project is to bring a basic package of top quality maternal, child health, and nutrition services to Palestinians as close to their homes as possible. The project has offices in Ramallah and Gaza, and will have satellite offices in Hebron, Nablus, and Khan Younis.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Project Goals &amp; Targets<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">MCHN will seek to expand the public health advances made by USAID through the Maram Project, including:<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#8226; Upgrading essential skills of health care providers;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#8226; Enhancing the management skills of clinic managers;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#8226; Working with Palestinian communities to enlist their support for the program;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#8226; Introducing effective health education messages and interventions to promote healthy lifestyles.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">The project&#8217;s targets will be to:<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#8226; Improve the availability of essential services and counseling for women of reproductive age;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#8226; Upgrade well-baby care and infant and child nutrition;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#8226; Improve the management of common childhood illnesses.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Project interventions will focus simultaneously on the service delivery level as well as at the community level. Clinic capacity building and community mobilization will improve access to and quality of MCHN services.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">In addition to field implementation of services and information, the Hanan Project will also seek to identify policy needs which&#8212;if effected&#8212;could further improve access to and quality of services for the most vulnerable Palestinians.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Project Start-Up<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">During its first four months, the project staff will carry out a series of assessments and will conduct fact finding. These assessments will include the Maram Maternity Homes, and will seek to identify the most vulnerable communities from the maternal and child health perspective. Following data collection and analysis, vulnerable communities will be rank-ordered to select the communities where Hanan will work. We will also conduct a siting analysis to identify potential services provider opportunities in proximity to the MV communities; will assess the interests of communities and providers to become a part of the Hanan-assisted network; will conduct an assessment of the needs of communities and providers to play this role and of training capacity in WB and Gaza.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">At the end of this start up period, Hanan will have identified the initial cohort of communities and service providers with whom it will work during the initial year of implementation; will have developed its comprehensive strategic framework, and will have completed a Performance Monitoring Plan, a first year work plan, and the budget. We expect to initiate full implementation by mid 2005.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Coordination with Stakeholders<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">The project will work in close coordination with the Palestinian Ministry of Health, and other key stakeholders, seeking to achieve measurable improvements in women&#8217;s and children&#8217;s health and nutritional status.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">We are aware that many groups&#8212;external and local&#8212;are working in the areas of MCHN, and wish to ensure that our efforts are fully complementary and cumulative with these. Two initial coordination mechanisms we envision include:<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#8226; Establishing a Project Steering Committee, which will facilitate our ability to know what others are doing, and to get feedback on the appropriateness of Hanan objectives, strategies, priorities, and activities, and coordinate Hanan activities with those of other stakeholders. Membership of the PSC will include the MOH, USAID, one or more representative of NGOs, plus several UN agencies.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#8226; Appointing a senior member of the Hanan technical team to work with a counterpart inside each major stakeholder as a way to ensure close liaison.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#8226; Creating an active program of dissemination of project designs, plans, tools and methods, lessons learned, and<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">results.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>End of Project Vision<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Our vision is&#8212;by the end of the project&#8211;to have:<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#8226; Provided access to an essential package of quality MCHN services and information to 60% of the most vulnerable<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">women of reproductive age and children under 5 (in non-refugee communities).<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#8226; Significantly improved the understanding among Palestinian communities about their health needs,<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#8226; Helped to improve the capability of the health system to provide quality services available to mothers and<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">children.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i>The HQ of Hanan is in the Masrouji Building, 3 Mada&#8217;en Street, Suit 200, Al Bireh\/Ramallah, Tel: 02 240 7021\/2, Fax: 02 240 7490<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"5px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>CASUALTIES AND HEALTH INCIDENTS<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">According to the Palestinian Health Information Center (MOH), during the period 28\/1 &#8211; 27\/2, 2005, the number of casualties reported in the West Bank and Gaza Strip was <strong>20 deaths (including 10 children) and 104 injuries (including 31 children)<\/strong>.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">During February 2005, there were 14 episodes of ambulance delay (for a total delay of 15 hrs). In 4 cases the access was totally denied, according to PRCS, including a delivery at a checkpoint (see news), and the case of a 15 years old boy who was injured in Al Salah area in Hebron, and only after 2 hours the soldiers allow the ambulance to transfer the boy to hospital, where he was declared dead.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Courier New, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">The following diagram shows the total number of ambulance incidents by area, the time of delay and the episodes of denied access (D\/A) at the checkpoints:<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27709%27%20height%3D%27376%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20709%20376%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27709%27%20height%3D%27376%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/52e3d832a42e892e85256fd3006a2444_image1.GIF\" border=\"0\" height=\"376px\" width=\"709px\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27700%27%20height%3D%27344%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20700%20344%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27700%27%20height%3D%27344%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/52e3d832a42e892e85256fd3006a2444_image2.GIF\" border=\"0\" height=\"344px\" width=\"700px\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><u>FOR MORE INFORMATION<\/u><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Please feel free to contact us at:<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Health Inforum, c\/o Italian Cooperation\/ Sheikh Jarrah, East Jerusalem, Tel: 02 532 7447, Fax: 02 532 2904<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Health Inforum, c\/o WHO Jerusalem office\/ Sheikh Jarrah, East Jerusalem, Tel: 02 5400 595, Fax: 02 581 0193<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Health Inforum, c\/o WHO, Gaza office, Al-Bayed building, Al-Halbi Str. Tel: 08-2822033, Fax: 02-2845409<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Email: <u>info@healthinforum.org<\/u><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">Health Inforum posts daily news and announcements concerning health issues on its website: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.healthinforum.org\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><u>www.healthinforum.org<\/u><\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\"><u>.<\/u><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Health Inforum News&nbsp; Volume 4, No.58, 1 March, 2005 __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the fifty-eighth issue of the Health Inforum Newsletter.&nbsp; Quote of the month Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. 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