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, a pharmacist working with ANERA in LebanonNadia 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, an emergency responder in the Ein El  Helweh camp who works with ANERA's Creative Health CampaignFiras 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 is an ANERA-trained community health educator in Gaza.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 is ANERA's manager of in-kind donations in Gaza.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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Dr. Ali Al Ramhi is the director of the Beit Jala Hospital, which ANERA has renovated extensively.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 is the head nurse at the Jericho Hospital which ANERA is currently renovating.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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