Social and Political Determinants of Health in the Occupied Palestinian Territory During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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‘Social and political determinants of health in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) during the COVID-19 pandemic: who is responsible?’, from the journal BMJ Public Health. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2020-003683
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The occupied Palestinian territory has faced specific challenges arising from the COVID-19 pandemic due to the existing political, economic and social instability. Dr Weeam Hammoudeh and Professor Rita Giacaman from Birzeit University, and Dr Hanna Kienzler and Ms Kristen Meagher from King’s College London, have recently examined the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on this complex situation. They propose that the pandemic should now be taken as an opportunity to work towards securing justice and freedom for Palestinians.
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Dr Weeam Hammoudeh
Webpage: icph.birzeit.edu/about/faculty-staff/weeam-hammoudeh
E-mail: whammoudeh@birzeit.edu
Prof Rita Giacaman
Webpage: icph.birzeit.edu/about/faculty-staff/rita-giacaman
E-mail: rita@birzeit.edu
Dr Hanna Kienzler
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