Program’s overview:

Near East Council of Churches Committee for Refugee work (NECCCRW) core stone is the health program; as NECCCRW believes that good health is essential to human welfare and to sustained economic and social development.

The program launched in 1952 to provide adequate health care services, and to assess and improve the quality of health care to Palestinian refugees in the Gaza Strip. It describes the health status and health services of the Palestinian population living in the Gaza Strip.

The health program aims at delivering health services around people’s needs and expectations. The provided health care services try to meet the main health problems in the Palestinian vulnerable  society in an equal manner to all individuals irrespective of their gender, age, caste, color location and, social class and political affiliation.

Along with the primary health services, NECCCRW provides psychosocial support to women and children to create physical and emotional healthy environment.

The program runs three main clinics as the following table shows:

#	Health clinic	Year of Establishment	Location / Governorate	Estimated No. of beneficiaries each year
				New pregnant	New Children	New Families	No of patients
1.	Al Shyja’ya Clinic	1967	Al Shyja’ya/ Gaza City	700	2000	1000	10,000
2.	Al Daraj Clinic	1973	Al Daraj/ Gaza City	500	2000	800	10,000
3.	Rafah Clinic	2002	Kkyrbit AlA’das/ South	200	1000	500	8,000
Total				1400	5000	2300	28000

On 10th January 2009 during the Cast Lead Operation against the Gaza Strip, Al Shyja’ya Clinic was demolished causing the loss of all equipment, commodities and medical records. But on May 2009, it was rebuilt again to continue serving the people in the area.

The patients at all clinics are requested to pay nominal contribution for their treatment to enhance the sense of responsibility and ownership.




Program purpose:

Contribute to improving the health status in the neediest and marginalized areas in the Gaza Strip.




Program’s objectives

-    Provide adequate primary health care services in the poor, vulnerable and crowded localities.
-    Promote and enhance the public and environmental health awareness.
-    Reduce the level of malnutrition and anemia
-    Enhance the psychosocial well being for women and children
-    Enhance cooperation and coordination with relevant organizations to avoid duplication 

Target groups

1-    Pregnant women aged from 18 to 40 years old
2-    Children (Both gender) from birth to 12 years old
3-    Patients of all ages
4-    Women and ladies of all ages
5-    Dental patients (both gender) of all ages