For the seventh decade, UNRWA Health programme continues to deliver comprehensive preventive and curative primary health care (PHC) services to Palestine refugees through a network of 143 primary health care facilities, and helps them access secondary and tertiary health care services. The total number of registered Palestine refugees has reached some 5.7 million, out of whom; about 3.5 million are served at our health centres.
During 2015, Lebanon, Jordan and the West Bank continued to suffer the effects of instability in the region this year. In Lebanon and Jordan, PRS have been straining the system for years, competing for scarce resources in camps, schools and health centres, while in the West Bank; the occupation by Israel creates its own set of challenges in accessing health services. In addition, the blockade in Gaza and the ongoing conflict in Syria, seriously affected the proper delivery of health services to Palestine refugees during 2015.