<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Occupied Palestine | فلسطين]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[occupiedpalestine]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/author/hajarhajar/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Health Status in Palestine &#8211; Annual report &#8211; Nehad R. Elsakany | Nehad-Elsakany&#8217;s MedBlogs | Medindia Health&nbsp;Network]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p style="font-size:11px;">Posted by Nehad-Elsakany on Wed, 19 Jan 2011</p>
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<p dir="ltr"><strong>Palestinian Population size and structure: (west Bank and Gaza)</strong></p>
<p dir="ltr">The total number of Palestinian people according to the  estimation 2009 was 3,935,249 of which 50.8% are males and 49.2% are  females.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><strong>Age and sex distribution:</strong></p>
<p dir="ltr">Age distribution of the population has important  implications for the health status of the population, due to the  different health needs, the differential patterns of health care  utilization and the different health status among the various age  groups.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The below population pyramid shows age and sex distribution  of population 41.9 % is under 15 years old. The age group (0-4) years  still constitutes the largest proportion (14.8%), while for the ages  over 65 years constitutes only 3.1%.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><strong>Female Male</strong></p>
<p dir="ltr"><strong>Dependency:</strong></p>
<p dir="ltr">Dependency ratio is calculated as the number of persons  below fifteen and above sixty-five per 100 person’s aged 15-64 years.  For 2009 the dependency ratio for Palestine is 80.5, (75.6for the West  Bank, and 89.1 for Gaza Strip). This does not reflect the actual  economic dependency because not everybody enrolled in the workforce  (15-64years) is actually earning (students, housewives and unemployed).</p>
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<p dir="ltr"><strong>Population growth:</strong></p>
<p dir="ltr">According to the PCBS figures in 2009, the natural increase  of population in Palestine was 2.9% (2.6% in West Bank, 3.3 % in Gaza  Strip).</p>
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<p dir="ltr"><strong>Births:</strong></p>
<p dir="ltr"><strong>Crude birth rate:</strong></p>
<p dir="ltr">Despite progressive decline over the years, the number of  live births per 1000 of population per year is still high compared with  other countries. The Crude birth rat (CBR) declined from 42.7\1000 in  1997 to 29.6 \1000 in 2008. The total number of reported births in  Palestine 116,594 CBR in West bank was (25.8\1000) whereas in Gaza Strip  the average CBR (36.8\1000</p>
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<p dir="ltr"><strong>Fertility:</strong></p>
<p dir="ltr">Fertility data are based on a family survey that PCBS  conducted the total fertility rate in Palestine was 4.6; 4.1 in West  Bank and 5.3 in the Gaza Strip. Comparing with fertility rates in the  neighboring countries shows that it is higher in Palestine; it was 3.7  in Jordan, 3.1 in Egypt and 2 in Tunis.</p>
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<p dir="ltr"><strong>Reported Morbidity:</strong></p>
<p dir="ltr"><strong>Communicable diseases:</strong></p>
<p dir="ltr">The control of communicable diseases plays a vital role in  the achievement of “health for all”, a core principle of WHO policy. The  tools needed for this task are available and well known.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The great challenge facing the Mediterranean region today  is to determine how best to use these tools and how to mobilize the  resources needed to achieve this goal.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Palestine succeeded in prevention of many fatal and  disfiguring diseases as schistosomiasis, leprosy, diphtheria, plague,  poliomyelitis, rabies, but is still working toward control of other  infectious diseases, such as meningococcal meningitis, brucellosis,  AIDS/HIV, hepatitis, tuberculosis, diarrhea, pneumonia.</p>
<p dir="ltr">In spite of the successful control of many diseases through  health education and vaccination, new diseases have emerged worldwide  which have a negative impact on health status.</p>
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<p dir="ltr"><strong>Vaccine preventable diseases:</strong></p>
<p dir="ltr">Globally, at least 2 million people in all age groups die  every year from diseases preventable by vaccines recommended by the WHO.  Coverage levels of vaccines are considered one of the best indicators  of health system performance and progress towards Millennium Development  Goals. The target for the Palestinian health care system is that every  child will receive a safe vaccine for each childhood vaccine-preventable  disease.</p>
<p dir="ltr">In Palestine, immunization coverage remains high. Based on  the reports received from our immunization department, the average  coverage rates were more than 99% for all vaccines, which directly  impacts on the reduction in the incidence of vaccine preventable  diseases.</p>
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<p dir="ltr"><strong>Poliomyelitis and acute flaccid paralysis:</strong></p>
<p dir="ltr">The Regional office for the Eastern Mediterranean Region  (EMRO) of the World Health Organization (WHO) adopted a resolution to  eliminate poliomyelitis from the region by 2000.</p>
<p dir="ltr">In Palestine this target had been achieved earlier, where  the last reported case of polio among Palestinian children was in 1984.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Regarding to AFP, 18 cases were reported in Palestine with  incidence rate of 1.1 per 100,000 children ≤ 15 years. Regional  distribution showed that 4 cases were reported in Gaza Strip, and 14  cases reported in West Bank. children ≤15 year), Palestine, 2000 – 2009</p>
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<p dir="ltr">source: Health Status in Palestine &#8211; The Annual Report &#8211; Nehad R. Elsakany</p>
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