26. Medecins du Monde. Access to Health Care and Protection of the Medical Services in the Occupied and Autonomous Palestinian Territories. Paris: Medecins du Monde, 2003: 45pp.

The purpose of the present report is to testify to the limitations on access to health care, based on the real life experiences of Médecins du Monde medical staff and their partners in their workplaces, between January and June 2003. A series of observations is used to bring to light different aspects of these obstacles to health care access in the West Bank city of Nablus and the Gaza Strip: difficulties for the population in gaining access to medical organizations, restrictions imposed on access to the patients by medical personnel, and failure to protect the medical services (medical personnel, health care vehicles and hospital facilities).