13. John Hopkins University, Al Quds University, Maram Project and Care International. Health Sector Bi-weekly Report, Number 4. Jerusalem: John Hopkins University, Al Quds University, Maram Project and Care International, 30 September 2002: 14p.
This is the fourth Health Sector Bi-weekly Report, which describes data that is collected every two weeks in an effort to monitor the impact of the emergency on various aspects of the health sector. The main highlights of this report are:
Decrease in the amount of food consumed: 60.9% of households.
Reasons for decrease in food: West Bank, lack of money and curfew; Gaza, lack of money primarily
Water interruption: 45.9% of households; 23.5% West Bank, 69% Gaza; 33 clinics (22.0%) experienced water shortages resulting in disruptions in drinking water for patients and staff, provision of clinical services, and housekeeping/sanitation services
Diarrheal illness incidence: 25.3% of households.
Borrowing money: 46.3 % of households; 45 %WB, 49 %Gaza.
Selling assets: 19.1 % of households; 10% WB, 39% Gaza, a substantial increase since the last round of data collection
Access to services: households more affected in the West Bank than Gaza; 31.3% of (cumulative) clinics had to suspend at least one clinical service for at least 2 days in the two weeks prior to survey interview
More than 90% of clinics reporting disruptions in clinical services consistently cite “lack of trained staff due to curfews/closures” as primary causes of disruptions