World Health Day Profiles
April 8, World Health Day, is an opportunity to celebrate the people who have devoted themselves to helping others live healthier lives. Below are six individuals who work with ANERA on health-related projects in Lebanon, the West Bank and Gaza.
Nadia Dalloul,
Pharmacist
"Many people think medicine is magic and sometimes the positive response feels like magic but you can’t always be sure of the right result..."
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Firas Abou Aloul
Emergency Responder
"It took us four years to develop this service and...we have now a first aid emergency team and a well equipped ambulance for the people of Ein El Helweh."
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Nisreen Afifi
Health Educator
"What really breaks my heart is the deteriorating state of our health sector because of all the pressures and siege imposed on Gaza."
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Mostafa El-Ghosein
In-Kind Manager
"It gives me great satisfaction to know that through my work, clinics and hospitals are benefiting from the medicines they might not otherwise have."
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Ali Al Ramhi
Doctor
"Beit Jala Hospital is like a five star hotel now, especially the new IC Unit...People now compare our hospital to others outside the West Bank."
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Date Modified: April 2011
Mejdoline Jom'a
Head Nurse
"Soon, I’ll be able to live in the new staff accommodations and will be available whenever my patients need me."
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