RESPONSE:GAZA HOSPITALS AND PRIMARY HEALTHCARE

Our intervention in this emergency consists of:

• Supply of emergency medical equipment to health centers and shelters (trauma equipment, medicines, laboratory consumables).
• Distribution of hygiene and menstrual hygiene kits to the most vulnerable population.
• Provision of primary health care services providing primary care services to displaced people in collective shelters The health teams are composed of at least one physician, one nurse, if possible, a midwife, and a psychosocial agent, all of whom are volunteers who have travelled to the centers.
• Equip health teams with medical devices (consumables and medical equipment) such as sphygmomanometers, stethoscopes, thermometers, glucometers, pulse oximeters, nebulizers, AEDs, thermal blankets, delivery kits, ice packs, dressing materials, PPE, ENT equipment and portable ECG and ultrasound devices, as well as essential drugs such as antibiotics, antipyretics, analgesics and anti inflammatory drugs, intravenous fluids, burn medications, antidiarrheals, antihypertensives, oral antidiabetics, antifungals, etc.
• Ensure the availability of a simple data management system to manage patient information and identify disease patterns to tailor intervention and take appropriate prevention measures.
•  Conduct safe delivery training in humanitarian settings to mobilize midwives to assist in normal deliveries within the shelters. 

The attention these teams currently provide are not comparable to the services of a primary care center and are limited to those that can be offered by the staff with the scarce resources available, in an environment of overcrowding, lack of privacy, insecurity and without a functional referral system in the north, and only partially in the south. Lack of drugs and medical devices is one of the biggest obstacles facing health providers at the moment, especially in the north.

As conditions permit, services will be extended to general medical consultations and examinations, including early detection and case management of communicable and non communicable diseases, basic curative care, monitoring and follow-up of healthy children, care of sick children, prenatal and postnatal care, including preventive care and early detection of complications such as hypertension and diabetes during pregnancy, follow up of chronic diseases in the elderly, provision of medicines, follow-up and referral of complicated cases to specialized health centers as necessary and possible.

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