health

Medicines in Gaza are hostage to political rivalry that puts lives at risk

Rami Almeghari
Gaza Strip
23 January 2012

Gaza health facilities continue to suffer shortages of medicines and equipment because of rivalry between Palestinian political parties, as well as the siege Israel has imposed on the Strip.

For Gaza journalist, more than one struggle underway in Cairo

Rami Almeghari
Cairo
22 November 2011

Rami Almeghari recounts his struggle to both cover the growing protests at Cairo’s Tahrir Square and fight his own personal battle.

The anguish of a Gaza cancer patient in Cairo

Rami Almeghari
Cairo
21 November 2011

Palestinians in Gaza needing urgent medical care are left with few treatment options because of Israel’s four-year-long blockade. Patients who are able to reach Egypt are oftentimes unable to afford or access treatment that can save their lives.

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