07 Feb, 2024
Amman - Jordan

The First International Conference To Rebuild Health Sector in Gaza

Date, Country: 7- 8 Feb 2024 in Amman, Jordan

Hosted by: Jordan Medical Association and NAAMA

Conference Message:

GHI organized its first international conference that was held Under the Patronage of His Majesty King Abdullah II, titled “The First International Conference to Rebuild the Gaza Health Sector”. The conference highlighted the critical humanitarian and health challenges faced by the people of Gaza, particularly; children, women, and the elderly—amidst the ongoing conflict. The panelists underscored the urgent need to address the unprecedented healthcare challenges in Gaza, emphasizing the necessity for global collaboration and a coordinated effort to call for protection of health care professionals, hospitals, and ambulances, as well as support for relief efforts to rebuild the health care system on the ground.

Conference Details:

The First International Conference to Rebuild Health Sector in Gaza, held in Amman on 7 - 8 February 2024, under the patronage of His Majesty King Abdullah II, has successfully concluded, uniting a diverse international delegation of clinical and medical experts, business leaders and policy makers from over sixty organizations and more than twenty-five countries from the Middle East, Europe, Asia, North and South America, and New Zealand. Key participants included ministers of health from Jordan, Palestine, Libya, and Tunisia, as well as representatives from the World Health Organization, UNDP, UNRWA, UNICEF, the World Bank and the Red Crescent Societies from Jordan, Bahrain, Egypt, Kuwait, and the ICRC, in addition to Arab Universities including American University of Beirut, University of Jordan, Yarmouk University and Balqa University.
The conference format was hybrid, with more than 500 in-person attendees and hundreds attending virtually. The conference highlighted the critical humanitarian and health challenges faced by the people of Gaza, particularly children, vulnerable women, and the elderly—amidst the ongoing conflict. The panelists underscored the urgent need to address the unprecedented health care challenges in Gaza, emphasizing the necessity for global collaboration and a coordinated effort to call for protection of health care professionals, ambulances, hospitals & clinics, as well as support for relief efforts to rebuild the health care system on the ground.

Therefore, we declared "The Amman Declaration To Rebuild Gaza Health" ... Read Full Declaration