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COVID–19 and Gaza: The Ideal Time to Establish a Medical Reserves of Public Health Preventive Medicine Specialists

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  • Mahayosnand, Ponn P
  • Sabra, DM
  • Sabra, ZM

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Gaza is overpopulated, with 2.1 million people living within its 141–square mile landmass. It lacks an adequately staffed, sustainable, coordinated healthcare system to tend to its population’s needs. Ongoing conflict, lack of electricity and running water, and poor sanitation compound the issue. High rates of poverty and the ongoing land, air, and sea blockade also exacerbate the situation. This paper serves as a policy recommendation to create the Gaza Medical Reserves (Reserves), an organization of Public Health Preventive Medicine (PHPM) specialists (reservists) who would be trained in emergency and crisis care to provide aid during turmoil, war, epidemics, and pandemics, such as COVID–19. During non–crisis, peaceful times, reservists will provide primary care services currently unavailable in Gaza. They will target those who are most needy in underserved neighborhoods and refugee camps.

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  • Mahayosnand, Ponn P & Sabra, DM & Sabra, ZM, 2021. "COVID–19 and Gaza: The Ideal Time to Establish a Medical Reserves of Public Health Preventive Medicine Specialists," SocArXiv hktpj_v1, Center for Open Science.
    • Handle: RePEc:osf:socarx:hktpj_v1
    DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/hktpj_v1
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