Healthcare in Palestine

Healthcare in the State of Palestine refers to the governmental and private healthcare providers to which residents in the claimed territory have access. Since 1967, there have been improvements in access to healthcare and the overall general health conditions for residents. Advances in training, increased access to state-of-the-art medical technology, and various governmental provisions have enabled per-capita funding to increase, thereby enhancing the overall health of residents in the region. Additionally, enhanced access to and funding from international organizations, such as the World Health Organization, the United Nations, the Palestinian Ministry of Health, and the World Bank's Education and Health Rehabilitation Project, have contributed to the current state of affairs within the healthcare sector of Palestine.

However, while many efforts to advance the state of health affairs within Palestine have shown improvement, there is still progress not yet made. Continued efforts to recognize and address the geopolitical barriers will be necessary to continue to have significant success in this field. Addressing demographic trends within the region, like differing pregnancy rates and mortality rates, will be necessary to enhance the state of health affairs that Palestine faces.

The Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI) uses income-adjusted benchmarks to assign Palestine an overall quality of life rating of 91.4%, based on the fulfillment of core economic and social rights within Palestine. These include education rights at 78.4%, food access at 95.4%, health quality at 84.2%, housing at 99.0%, and work at 100%, respectively. The HRMI health quality scores break up into Child health, ranked at 99.4%, Adult health, ranked at 95.4%, and reproductive health, ranked at 57.7%. HRMI finds Palestine overall has "some way to go" to reach international standards. Additionally, when compared with other countries in South-East Asia, Palestine found to perform "lower than average".