139. UNRWA. Annual Report of the Director of Health, 1988. Vienna: UNRWA, 1988: 62 pp.

This report is one of a series of reports that are produced annually by UNRWA describing the health services they provide. Subjects discussed in the report include emergency care in the Occupied Territories, curative and preventative services, nursing services, environmental health, nutrition and supplementary feeding services. The report contains detailed statistical information on the health status of the refugee population. In conclusion the report points to improved environmental sanitation, expanded coverage with MCH care, improving management of "modern" diseases (hypertension, diabetes and cardiovascular disease), studying the option of a new hospital in Gaza, rationalization of the nutrition program, improving outpatient care and securing "real community participation".