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Longer-term assistance projects will aim to strengthen vulnerable households (e.g., households headed by women or including
the disabled) by supporting income-generating projects and encourage newly disabled people to re-integrate through
vocational training and home adaptations.
Protection for women against gender-based violence (GBV) will be increased through multiple interventions, including a
rapid assessment, mapping of available services for women and girls, strengthening of protection resources (e.g., safe places,
protection committees, and referral pathways), and awareness raising amongst women and their community about GBV and
specialized services.
A new assessment of vulnerability in Gaza will also be conducted, based on a survey of household expenditure and consumption.
4.1.2 Health and Psychosocial Well-Being
Relief Early Recovery Reconstruction Total
$14m $159m $45m $218m
In the aftermath of the assault, health services are overburdened, under-resourced, and still very much in demand. Interventions
must focus on ensuring hospitals, clinics, and other health providers are able to respond, now and in the long-term. Primary
health care services are crucial to prevent outbreaks of diseases and – in the relief phase - will be provided to IDPs in shelters,
particularly new mothers.
Health facilities will be provided with medication and medical supplies to replenish stocks exhausted during the July/August
assault. Eight hospitals, 21 primary health care clinics, two psychiatric clinics and a clinic for the handicapped need repair and
re-equipping, following damage to physical infrastructure, equipment, and furniture. Specialized medical equipment also needs
repairing or replacing: electromechanical, medical equipment, and spare parts will also be provided, along with 25 ambulances.
During the recovery phase, the health system will be strengthened by analyzing and responding to needs in health human
resource, health information, medical stocks, non-communicable disease care standards, and emergency preparedness. The
cooling chain for vaccines will be restored, with capacity improvements, and provide a new stock of vaccines.
Psychosocial support will also be a key early recovery intervention, including for displaced families, including young girls and
elderly people, 100,000 children whose families lost their homes, new widows and women whose household has lost incomeearners,
GBV survivors, 1,000 newly disabled, 1,500 new orphans, and UNRWA staff who worked during the assault.
Specialized protection mechanisms will be established to serve 60,000 highly vulnerable children with psychosocial services.
Schools will also serve as a mechanism for responding to trauma amongst children, including awareness-raising and counselling
sessions for school teachers, students, staff, and school safety committees; school-based activities to promote non-violence,
child protection, and psycho-social support by teachers and counselors; and psycho-social support to pupils and teachers to
improve coping skills.
During the reconstruction phase, five primary health clinics and two rehabilitation centers destroyed during the assault will be
reconstructed and equipped. Finally, a comprehensive review of health sector emergency preparedness and response plans will
be carried out.