Primary health care
There are 386 PHC clinics in the West Bank and 72 in the Gaza Strip, distributed in urban and rural areas. Their physical accessibility is good: less than 5% of the households are located more than 5 km from a health centre.
Tables 6 and 7 show the distribution of the existing clinics, according to geographical areas and the type of service providers.
Table 6. PHC clinics in the Gaza Strip
District |
Clinics by type of providers |
Total |
| |
NGO |
MoH |
UNRWA |
|
Gaza North |
4 |
6 |
1 |
11 |
Gaza City |
12 |
9 |
2 |
23 |
Gaza Mid |
5 |
5 |
4 |
14 |
Khan Younis |
7 |
9 |
1 |
17 |
Rafah |
4 |
2 |
1 |
7 |
Total |
12 |
31 |
9 |
72 |
Table 7. PHC clinics in the West Bank
District |
No. of clinics by type of providers |
Total |
| |
NGOs |
MoH |
UNRWA |
|
Jenin |
20 |
29 |
5 |
54 |
Nablus |
19 |
28 |
4 |
51 |
Tulkarem |
23 |
42 |
5 |
70 |
Ramallah |
51 |
28 |
4 |
83 |
Jerusalem |
16 |
0 |
2 |
18 |
Jericho |
6 |
4 |
3 |
13 |
Bethlehem |
16 |
14 |
2 |
32 |
Hebron |
25 |
33 |
7 |
65 |
Total |
176 |
178 |
32 |
386 |
Maternity services
There are 9 maternity hospitals in the West Bank with a total of 210 beds. NGOs run two of them; the remaining clinics are private.
In the Gaza Strip UNRWA maintains 7 delivery clinics with a total of 39 beds; the MoH runs 3 clinics with 9 beds; and NGOs have 1 maternity clinic with 18 beds.
Table 8. Maternity hospitals in the West Bank
Name of hospital |
Location |
No. of beds |
Occupancy rate |
St. Mary |
Beit Jala |
12 |
8.6 |
Azzatari |
Hebron |
15 |
6.5 |
Al-Debis |
Bethlehem |
10 |
20.4 |
Bamia |
Al Bireh |
12 |
7.3 |
Khalid |
Al Bireh |
10 |
46.9 |
Yatta |
Hebron |
12 |
24.9 |
Red Crescent Society |
Tulkarem |
12 |
33.4 |
Al Nazer |
Ramallah |
12 |
13.4 |
Red Crescent Society |
Al Bireh |
18 |
56.5 |
Total |
|
113 |
24.21 |
Secondary health care
There are 24 hospitals in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, with a total of 2,376 beds. Approximately 57% of the beds are in public hospitals; the remaining 43% in NGO hospitals. There are, in addition, two psychiatric hospitals, with a total of 354 beds: 320 in the West Bank and 34 in the Gaza Strip.
The national average number of hospital beds is 1 per 1,100 population. Tables 9 and 10 summarize hospital data for 1996.
Table 9. West Bank hospitals
Hospital |
Beds |
Occupancy rate, 1996 (%) |
Jenin |
55 |
117.6 |
Tulkarem |
64 |
80.3 |
Watani |
86 |
69.5 |
Rafidia |
138 |
82.5 |
Ramallah |
142 |
83.3 |
Jericho |
50 |
49.2 |
Beit Jala |
70 |
82.3 |
Hebron |
103 |
101.9 |
Al-Shifa Jenin |
10 |
17.5* |
UNRWA Qalqilia |
38 |
125.2* |
Al Ittihad Nablus |
64 |
70.9* |
EV. Mission Nablus |
46 |
38.9* |
Caritas Bethlehem |
79 |
75.8* |
Holy Family Bethlehem |
37 |
40.4* |
Al Ahli Hebron |
67 |
85.3* |
Red Crescent Hebron |
26 |
47.7* |
Kamal Psychiatric Hospital |
320 |
109.1 |
Total |
1445 |
73.4 |
* 4th quarter only.
Source: MoH data, 1996.
Table 10. Gaza Strip hospitals
Hospital |
Beds |
Occupancy rate (%) |
Al Shifa |
402 |
82.9 |
Khan Younis |
213 |
83.7 |
El Naser Pediatric |
105 |
83.3 |
Ophthalmic |
31 |
61.8 |
Psychiatric |
34 |
81.7 |
Al Ahli |
80 |
77.8 |
Patient Friend Society |
36 |
50.0 |
Alawda |
30 |
New hospital |
| |
931 |
80.60* |
* Does not include Alawda Hospital.
Source: MoH data, 1996.
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