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Dear friends:

The Ibdaa Health Committee (IHC) is a branch of the Ibdaa Cultural
Center, a grassroots organization in the Dheisheh Refugee Camp in the
Palestinian West Bank. Local healthcare professionals established IHC
in June 2003 in response to the urgent needs of the Dheisheh
population, where the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA)
clinic is staffed by only one doctor to serve a population of 11,000
people. Today, IHC is a community based, non-partisan, and democratic
association comprised of local and international volunteer health
professionals, including nurses, physicians, social workers,
psychologists, and sociologists, all of whom are committed to improving
the overall healthcare system for all Palestinians residing in Dheisheh
as well as the larger Bethlehem district. Through the spirit of
voluntarism and teamwork strengthened by a mobilized grassroots
community, IHC works at the local level within three important spheres:
the community, healthcare professionals, and medical organizations.


The Ibdaa Health Committee invites you to join our listserv as a friend
and contact so that you can stay informed of our programs and the
latest updates about the health situation in Palestine.

palestine not Israel, H̱efa, Israel

September 6, 2006