Annual Report of the Department of Health 2010 - Unrwa
Annual Report of the Department of Health 2010 - Unrwa
Annual Report of the Department of Health 2010 - Unrwa
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Bank<br />
Praccal Nurse 2 Master Degree Mental <strong>Health</strong><br />
Senior Sta<br />
Nurse<br />
3 Mental <strong>Health</strong> Course<br />
Sta Nurse 2 Mental <strong>Health</strong> Course<br />
Senior Medical<br />
Ocer<br />
Area health<br />
Ocer<br />
1 Mental <strong>Health</strong> Course<br />
1 Mental <strong>Health</strong> Course<br />
Midwife 1 Mental <strong>Health</strong> Course<br />
Senior Medical<br />
Ocer<br />
1 Child <strong>Health</strong> Diploma<br />
Medical Ocer 2 Child <strong>Health</strong> Diploma<br />
Sta Nurse 1 Child <strong>Health</strong> Diploma<br />
Medical ocer 1<br />
Laboratory<br />
Technician<br />
1<br />
Master Degree Community<br />
Mental <strong>Health</strong><br />
Master Degree <strong>Health</strong> Policy &<br />
Administraon<br />
Syria Medical Ocer 1 Master in Public health<br />
MONITORING, EVALUATION AND OPERATIONAL RESEARCH<br />
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Parally UNRWA<br />
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Parally UNRWA<br />
Parally UNRWA<br />
Ministry <strong>of</strong> <strong>Health</strong> SAR<br />
Research is essential to medical assistance as well as to rational planning. It is <strong>the</strong> production and application <strong>of</strong> knowledge to improve <strong>the</strong><br />
organization <strong>of</strong> resources in order to achieve health goals. In UNRWA it is a tool used from health need assessment and monitoring to<br />
evaluation. It allows us to measure our progress in achieving <strong>the</strong> highest possible level <strong>of</strong> health for our beneficiaries allowing us to<br />
compare <strong>the</strong> health status <strong>of</strong> Palestine refugees with that <strong>of</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r populations in and outside UNRWA’s area <strong>of</strong> operation, through <strong>the</strong><br />
identification <strong>of</strong> common indicators (for example MDGs). Ano<strong>the</strong>r aspect related to research is <strong>the</strong> compilation <strong>of</strong> reviews <strong>of</strong> current best<br />
practices in clinical medicine and in public health, crucial to maintain contact with <strong>the</strong> evolution <strong>of</strong> medical science and produce updated<br />
and evidence based guidelines for <strong>the</strong> management <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> different aspects comprehensive primary health care delivery.<br />
Historically UNRWA has achieved great clinical and public health breakthroughs thanks to its critical and innovative approach to health. In<br />
its early years it introduced Oral Rehydrating Solution in <strong>the</strong> treatment <strong>of</strong> mild dehydration in diarrheic infants (Najjar salts). The success <strong>of</strong><br />
this method cemented <strong>the</strong> widespread use <strong>of</strong> oral rehydration <strong>the</strong>rapy by international agencies and globally.<br />
Moreover it was highly effective in eradicating malaria with pilot programmes in <strong>the</strong> Jordan Valley. Research for health is at <strong>the</strong> same time<br />
extremely specialized and vast. It encompasses communicable and non-communicable diseases, mo<strong>the</strong>r and child health, drug utilization,<br />
antimicrobial resistance, but also dwells on health service analysis and evaluation with studies on patient flow and assessment <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
quality <strong>of</strong> health delivery against international standards.<br />
INTERNAL/SELF-ASSESSMENTS<br />
The following major analytical reviews/self-assessments were undertaken during <strong>the</strong> reporting period:<br />
- Assessment <strong>of</strong> trends in utilization and productivity <strong>of</strong> laboratory services;<br />
- Assessment <strong>of</strong> trends in utilization and productivity <strong>of</strong> oral health services at Field level;<br />
- Disease Prevention and Control sub-programme review in all Fields;<br />
- <strong>Health</strong> Protection and Promotion sub-programme review in all Fields;<br />
- Assessment <strong>of</strong> Immunization coverage with TT (tetanus toxoid) among pregnant women;<br />
- Risk status assessment <strong>of</strong> pregnant women;<br />
- Risk status assessment <strong>of</strong> Non-Communicable Disease patients;<br />
- Modern contraceptive method mix assessment; and<br />
- Immunization coverage <strong>of</strong> children (a joint assessment <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Health</strong> Protection and Promotion and <strong>the</strong> Disease Prevention and Control<br />
sub-programmes).<br />
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