15. John Hopkins University, Al Quds University, Maram Project and Care International. Health Sector Bi-weekly Report, Number 6. Jerusalem: John Hopkins University, Al Quds University, Maram Project and Care International, 25 November 2002: 9 p.
This is the fifth 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 in this report are:
Decrease in the amount of food consumed: Round 11: 51.3% of households and round 12: 58.1%.
Reasons for decrease in food: Increasingly, lack of money is becoming the reason in the West Bank (more than 90% of households), nearly rivaling the percentage in Gaza (100%).
Water interruption: Round 11 34% and round 12 31.9% of households; West Bank, 34.3%; Gaza, 61.6%; improvements in amount for drinking and bathing.
Borrowing money: Round 11: 47.5% of households and round 12: 52.8%.
Selling assets: Round 11 16.3% and round 12: 20.3% of households.
Of health facilities seeing acute respiratory infection, 88.2% report increase from a year ago.
Improved access to primary care and emergency services.
Recent improvement in decreased suspension of health facility services correlating with improved access of staff to health facilities.