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Palestinian health workers give passersby hand sanitizer in Gaza City as a precaution from COVID-19, March 15, 2020. (Ali Ahmed/Flash90)
‘A hotbed for fake news’: How Palestinians are fighting coronavirus misinformation
What does the battle against a coronavirus 'infodemic' look like in an occupied population that distrusts its ruling authorities?
By Henriette Chacar March 16, 2020
Carol Janine takes a video of her son Milan at their home in Bethlehem as he recites his homework, to send it to his teacher on March 11, 2020. (Samar Hazboun)
Coronavirus lockdown turns Bethlehem into a ghost town
A vendor struggles to sell his rotting produce. A mother juggles working from home while homeschooling her children. Stories of how the city is coping under the coronavirus lockdown.
By Samar Hazboun March 13, 2020
The Abu Mutlaq family, with Ghalib holding a photo of his deceased daughter Aya. (Jen Marlowe)
Permission denied: Gaza children struggle to get medical care
With severe medicine shortages and an overstretched health care system in Gaza, children in need of medical treatments can only find them outside the strip. Yet Israel’s convoluted, arbitrary permit process leaves them waiting in pain, often missing life-saving care. By Jen Marlowe GAZA — Noha Saleh called me at seven in the morning on March 18 from Erez,…
By +972 Magazine June 20, 2019
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Shada Ardaa, 9, was wounded by an Israeli air strike in Rafah, Gaza strip, An-Najah hospital, Nablus, West Bank, August 5, 2014. (Ahmad Al-Bazz/Activestills.org)
Medical care for children in Gaza headed for the dark ages
What ails the Gaza Strip is not an incurable disease. We know the antidote that could immediately begin rebuilding the structural determinants of children’s right to life and health. By Priscilla Wathington Children in the Gaza Strip today are more likely to develop health problems than ever before but less likely to access medical care. And…
By +972 Magazine April 5, 2018
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