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Mohammad Khatib R.N, M.P.H General Director. The Galilee Society The Arab National Society for Health Research and Services. Shefa Amr 20200 P.O. Box 330 www.gal-soc.org.
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Mohammad Khatib R.N, M.P.H General Director
The Galilee SocietyThe Arab National Society for Health Research and Services Shefa Amr 20200 P.O. Box 330 www.gal-soc.org
The Arab National Society for Health Research and Services strives to achieve equitable health, environmental and socio-economic conditions for Palestinian Arabs throughout Israel. The mission of the Galilee Society is therefore to empower the Palestinian population in Israel and to strengthen civil society through measures such as education, distribution of health services, raising awareness through the media and extensive advocacy and lobbying to achieve equal health and environmental conditions.
General (or Core) Program The Health Rights Center Environmental Justice Center Rikaz Databank (www.rikaz.org) and The Naqab (Negev) Department Strategic Projects The Institute of Applied Research Medicinal Plant Center for Research and Education (Al-Maissam) The Galilee Society works in two distinct spheres
The Galilee Society uses three strategies • Health & Environmental Education • Providing Health Services • Research
The Health Rights Center • To change the reality of discrimination in the area of health through methods such as education, advocacy and research • HIV/Aids public awareness campaign • Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease • Breast Cancer Awareness
The Health Rights Center • Planed Projects • Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease (HATD, Tene Briut, PMRC & Local Arab Organizations) • Genetic Diseases Center • Child & Adolescents Psychological support Center (in cooperation with Schneider Hospital) • Health Rights Project (in cooperation with the Patient Rights Association, Citizen Rights Association)
The Major Health Problems\ Challenges • High rates of chronic diseases: Diabetes, CVD, Inherited Diseases & Congenital Malformations, Cancer. • High infant mortality rates (IMR) • Unhealthy behaviors\ life style: Smoking, Obesity & Low Physical Activities • Non-appropriate Health Services (availability, accessibility & cultural sensitivity)
My Expectations • To act as a lobby to encourage the state to change it’s policy and to support the Arab NGO’s (financially & professionally) that work to improve the Arabs health status • To provide more academic opportunities for the Arab professionals and community activists • To support Arab NGO’s in Israel through professional organizations in the states especially in health. • To increase the funds directed to health projects focused on the health indicators mentioned before