Improving Access to Water Services in the West Bank and Providing Health Services in Gaza

The project's first component addresses urgent healthcare needs of pregnant women mothers and young children (boys and girls). It aims to improve access of 250 000 children (at least 50% girls) to essential and life-saving neonatal healthcare services. It also aims to improve access of 100 000 pregnant women to emergency obstetric healthcare and quality postnatal services. The project's second component works to improve the overall protection of targeted communities through improving their access to basic water sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services in order to sustain livelihoods and avoid displacement. It also supports the WASH advocacy strategy and improves coordination platforms. Project activities include: • Provision and prepositioning of neonatal paediatric and maternal life-saving drugs and medical consumables for newborns and children in hospital care. • Provision of essential basic medical equipment to emergency care services with focus on neonatal units rehabilitation centers and mobile health teams. • Training of health professionals to provide enhanced quality neonatal postnatal and maternal care services and health services for children with developmental delays and disabilities. • Construction of water transmission pipeline filling points and simple water networks. • Provision of a water tanker truck. • Enhancement and increase of water storage capacity and cistern rehabilitation. • Promotion of good hygiene practices through awareness raising sessions given to women and men at household and community levels focusing on hand washing with soap saving/recycling of water chlorination and cistern management women and men . • Advocacy campaigns conducted at national and international levels including publication of reports and case studies to ensure exchange of information and lessons learned.

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) improved access to health care services in Gaza; and (2) improved access to water services in the West Bank.