The Sabha Al-Harazin Health Center, a governmental health center in the Shuja’iya neighborhood, was established with a donation from Palestinian businessman Hammad Al-Harazin[1]. It offers a fourth level of care[S1] and provides a training center for the Palestinian Board of Family Medicine program[2]. The health center has a drug store and a public health laboratory dedicated to water, food and pharmaceutical testing, the only one in the Gaza Strip[3].
The Center's social role
The Sabha Al-Harazin Health Center offers health seminars inside and outside the center, in schools and mosques[4][5][6], including educational sessions on oral and dental health[7], first aid courses[8], educational lectures for mothers on lactation, preconception care and child health[9][10], security and safety trainings[11], blood donation campaigns[12], awareness lectures on chronic diseases[13], and community educational activities in coordination with the local community[14][15].
In August 2023, the health center organized capacity building and emergency response training for primary care centers in collaboration with Doctors Without Borders-Spain[16] and in June 2023 in coordination with the General Directorate of Engineering and Maintenance[17].
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2. Sabha Al-Harazin Health Center, Facebook.
3. Quds Press News Agency, News release.
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7. Sabha Al-Harazin Health Center, Facebook.
8. Sabha Al-Harazin Health Center, Facebook.
9. Sabha Al-Harazin Health Center, Facebook.
10. Sabha Al-Harazin Health Center, Facebook.
11. Sabha Al-Harazin Health Center, Facebook.
12. Sabha Al-Harazin Health Center, Facebook.
13. Sabha Al-Harazin Health Center, Facebook.
14. Sabha Al-Harazin Health Center, Facebook.
15. Sabha Al-Harazin Health Center, Facebook.
16. Sabha Al-Harazin Health Center, Facebook.
17. Sabha Al-Harazin Health Center, Facebook.
18. Quds News Network, Telegram.