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UNRWA Commissioner-General: it's World Health Day, a day where we should all be celebrating health and healing.

UNRWA

7 Apr 2025

From Philippe Lazzarini, the UNRWA Commissioner-General as posted on his official X account (previously known as Twitter)

In Gaza, we're mourning the loss of both instead.

- Health workers are killed or injured.

- Health centres are constantly under attack.

- Basic medical & health supplies are running out.

- Medical staff are exhausted after having tirelessly dedicated their lives to the community and the wounded. They constantly have to make tough decisions about which lives to save.

- Two million people are scarred for life with trauma and shock, battling with the invisible wounds of mental health.

Against all odds, our health workers at UNRWA have provided more than 8 million consultations since the war began.

They work around the clock to provide for their communities in our health centres, mobile clinics and medical points despite the bombardment and the tight siege.

#ceasefirenow and lift the siege

Background Information:

UNRWA is the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. The United Nations General Assembly established UNRWA in 1949 with a mandate to provide humanitarian assistance and protection to registered Palestine refugees in the Agency's area of operations pending a just and lasting solution to their plight.

UNRWA operates in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, The Gaza Strip, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria.

Tens of thousands of Palestine refugees who lost their homes and livelihoods due to the 1948 conflict continue to be displaced and in need of support, nearly 75 years on.

UNRWA helps Palestine Refugees achieve their full potential in human development through quality services it provides in education, health care, relief and social services, protection, camp infrastructure and improvement, microfinance, and emergency assistance. UNRWA is funded almost entirely by voluntary contributions.