Breast Cancer in Occupied Palestine

Fact sheet references

To read the Breast Cancer in Occupied Palestine fact sheet, visit map.org.uk/breastcancer.

[i] Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (2015), Health at a Glance 2015: OECD Indicators, OECD Publishing, Paris. Site: https://www.oecd.org/health/health-systems/Cancer%20care%20(chart%20set).pdf

[ii] World Health Organization (2010). Country Cooperation Strategy for WHO and the Occupied Palestinian Territory 2009–2013. Site: http://www.who.int/iris/handle/10665/113222

[iii] Eljedi, A. and Nofal, M. (2014) Health-Related Quality of Life and its Influencing Factors among Breast Cancer Patients in Palestine. J Womens Health, Issues Care 3:5. Site: https://www.scitechnol.com/healthrelated-quality-of-life-and-its-influencing-factors-among-breast-cancer-patients-in-palestine-LMqY.pdf

[iv] OECD (2015), Health at a Glance 2015: OECD Indicators, OECD Publishing, Paris. Site: https://www.oecd.org/health/health-systems/Cancer%20care%20(chart%20set).pdf

[v] Azaiza, F., Cohen, M., Awad, M. and Daoud, F. (2010), Factors associated with low screening for breast cancer in the Palestinian authority. Cancer, 116: 4646–4655. Site: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cncr.25378/full

[vi] Ibid.

[vii] World Bank (2014). Gaza: Fact sheet August 1, 2014. Site: http://www.worldbank.org/content/dam/Worldbank/gaza-fact-sheet-final140801-ECR.pdf

[viii] Bendel, M. et al (2005). Breast Cancer in the Gaza Strip: A Death Foretold. Report by Physicians for Human Rights – Israel. Site: http://www.ibrarian.net/navon/paper/Breast_Cancer_in_the_Gaza_Strip__A_Death_Foretold.pdf?paperid=14485695

[ix] WHO (April 2012). Situation Report: Issue 4. oPt Health and Nutrition Cluster. Site:http://www.emro.who.int/images/stories/palestine/documents/health.nutrition.cluster._sitrep.april_2012.pdf?ua=1

[x] UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in the occupied Palestinian Territory (UN OCHA oPt) (March 2012). Monthly Humanitarian Monitor, March 2012. Site: http://www.ochaopt.org/documents/ocha_opt_the_humanitarian_monitor_2011_04_23_english.pdf

[xi] WHO (2012). East Jerusalem hospitals face a severe financial crisis impacting service delivery, October/November 2012. Online article. Site: http://www.emro.who.int/pse/palestine-news/east-jerusalem-hospitals-face-a-severe-financial-crisis-impacting-service-delivery-octobernovember-2012.html

[xii] WHO (2010). Referral of Patients from Gaza: Data and Commentary for 2010. Site: http://www.emro.who.int/images/stories/palestine/documents/WHO_report_Referral_of_Patients_from_Gaza_-_Data_and_Commentary_for_2010.pdf

[xiii] WHO (2014). Right to health: Crossing barriers to access health in the occupied Palestinian territory, 2013. Site: http://www.emro.who.int/images/stories/palestine/documents/WHO_-_RTH_crossing_barriers_to_access_health.pdf?ua=1

[xiv] WHO (2010). Referral of Patients from Gaza: Data and Commentary for 2010. Site: http://www.emro.who.int/images/stories/palestine/documents/WHO_report_Referral_of_Patients_from_Gaza_-_Data_and_Commentary_for_2010.pdf

[xv] Ibid.

[xvi] WHO (July 2016). Monthly Report: Health Access for Referral Patients from the Gaza Strip. Summary July 2016. Site:  http://www.emro.who.int/images/stories/palestine/documents/WHO_monthly_Gaza_access_report-July_2016-_final.pdf?ua=1