2019 oPt Emergency Appeal - Gaza - Emergency Health

The Agency will provide lifesaving emergency drugs to 8,056 cases requiring urgent medical attention, and will support patients recovering from injuries sustained during the demonstration with physiotherapy sessions. In addition, to ensure that refugees who lack the means have access to life-saving medical care, UNRWA will offer subsidies to 3,500 patients in support of secondary and/or tertiary care at non-Agency facilities.22 It is expected that school health team screenings will assess 93,683 students (45,604 females and 48,079 males), conducting in-depth medical assessments for approximately 12,011 refugee students referred through school health team screenings or identified by UNRWA teachers as having additional learning needs.23 The Agency will provide students in need with medical treatment and assistive devices, such as hearing aids, artificial limbs, glasses, orthopedic shoes and psychosocial counselling, if required.