Urgent health update: Consequences of war on Gaza and the West Bank/East Jerusalem - April 25, 2026
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We invite you to join us for our next Jewish Voice for Peace Health Advisory Council webinar:
Sunday, May 17, 2026
Fragile Crossings:
The Pathways, Barriers, and Cost of Pediatric Medical Evacuations From Gaza
With Dr. Zeena Salman
Pediatric Oncologist
Cofounder HEAL Palestine
at 10 AM Pacific/1 PM Eastern
Register here
Please note that this webinar will not be recorded.
Dr. Zeena Salman is a pediatric oncologist and global health leader whose work centers on delivering pediatric and cancer care in conflict zones. Over nearly two decades, she has provided medical care to children, particularly refugees, in and from Gaza, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, and Sudan. She has been to Gaza over a dozen times since 2015 and led the building of the only pediatric cancer department there, and has led hundreds of medical evacuations for children, especially with cancer, since October 2023. Dr. Salman is the co-founder of HEAL Palestine, and a recipient of the Takreem Award and 2025 Women Leaders in Pediatric Oncology recognition for her humanitarian leadership.
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UPDATE ON JOURNAL ARTICLES
Colleagues and Friends,
We are changing the way in which we organize and share peer-reviewed literature on public health and health care in Palestine. We created thematic article collections that are stored in PubMed to make searching and filtering easier. The collections currently include articles published between January 1, 2026 and April 25, 2026. We are working to add articles published in prior years, and we will update the collections with new articles on a bi-weekly basis.
You can still access our article summaries for articles published between April 2025 – March 2026 here.
Mental and behavioral health
Hospitals, health care, and health infrastructure
Public health and medical workforce
Institutional silence, repression, and complicity
Infectious and communicable disease