“Enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health is a fundamental right of every human being,” said Richard Peeperkorn, WHO Representative for the occupied Palestinian territory. “The Palestinian health system suffers the consequences of longstanding displacement, refugeehood and occupation. Public revenues, health expenditure, and ultimately ...
“Across all the area of operations, UNRWA continues to play an indispensable role in the lives of millions of Palestine refugees. We work to maintain the delivery of basic services in an incredibly difficult financial and political context,” said UNRWA Commissioner-General Phillippe Lazzarini at a press conference following the executive briefing ...
According to a press release from the Representative Office of the Federal Republic of Germany in Ramallah, the project, that will be implemented by UNDP, aims at strengthening the Palestinian COVID-19 vaccination efforts and the health system’s capacity to maintain and improve essential healthcare services, especially in marginalized areas.
According to SANA, during the meeting, they both touched upon boosting cooperation between Syria and Iran in health sector development, providing quality services to patients, and exchanging expertise between the doctors.
During a meeting at the Iranian Ministry of Health on Tuesday, Mohammad Hossein Niknam affirmed his ministry’s readiness to cooperate with the Syrian Ministry of Health in all possible fields, stressing the importance of boosting this cooperation and transferring mutual expertise, particularly in the field of knowledge companies and technology.