[Correspondence] Medical Aid for Palestinians: Gaza facing a health-care catastrophe (opens in new tab)

The recent UN Final Gaza Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment,1 published in collaboration with the EU and the World Bank, concludes that Gaza's human development has been set back by an estimated 77 years since October, 2023. Nowhere is this regression more catastrophic than in health. The assessment identifies US$10 billion of recovery and reconstruction needs in the health-care system and the loss of approximately 14% of Gaza's health-care workforce.1