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This report provides an overall analysis of the drug situation in Palestine in the presence of the Palestinian National Authority. It analyzes the demographic, socioeconomic and epidemiological background, the Palestinian health care system, specific background of the drug sector and the pharmaceutical policy in Palestine. The report then states recommendations written on the basis of the situation analysis. The recommendations have been divided into three phases according to their immediate relevance.