Ministry of Health (Palestine)

Mission

1. Improving strategic planning, governance, and sustainable financial solutions to optimize the use of available resources
2. Encouraging healthier lifestyles and enhancing chronic disease management.
3. Ensuring equitable access to high-quality healthcare, with a focus on disadvantaged and vulnerable populations.
4. Strengthening financial sustainability through improved funding mechanisms and transparent financial management.
5. Maximizing the impact of aid by aligning it with national health strategies.
6. Fostering collaboration and integration between the public and private healthcare sectors.
7. Expanding cross-sector cooperation, particularly in health-related aspects of national disaster and emergency response planning.

Recent activities

The Ministry of Health prioritized services focused on overall health such as emergency medical services, and over 13,000 emergency procedures were performed since October 2023. The Health Cluster was also effectively implemented which is a unified platform that brings together local and international health stakeholders in Palestine to coordinate crisis response and recovery efforts.

From 14 October to 5 November 2024, UNICEF, in partnership with the Palestinian Ministry of Health and other organizations, carried out the second phase of a polio immunization drive in the Gaza Strip. The campaign was rolled out in three stages and utilized both health center-based vaccination sites and mobile units to ensure wide coverage. A total of 556,774 children - approximately 271,710 girls and 285,064 boys—were immunized, successfully reaching 94% of the intended child population. The effort was supported by 1,174 vaccination teams operating across the region.

In March 2025, the Ministry of Health, in collaboration with UNICEF and the Government of Japan, launched a US$3.8 million initiative to enhance health and nutrition services for vulnerable populations in Gaza and the West Bank. This 12-month project aims to provide critical primary health care to approximately 180,000 children, women, and families. Key components include revitalizing primary health care services, improving antenatal and postnatal care, managing childhood illnesses, delivering essential nutrition interventions, training 300 health professionals, and establishing four mobile health teams to reach remote communities.

List of ministers

The following is the list of health ministers of Palestine:

;All-Palestine Government

;Government of Palestine

References

References

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4. (January 2025). "Roadmap for rebuilding the health system and scenarios of crisis path in Gaza". The International Journal of Health Planning and Management.
5. UNICEF. (2024, October 31). ''State of Palestine Humanitarian Situation Report No. 32''. https://www.unicef.org/media/165531/file/State-of-Palestine-Humanitarian-SitRep-No.32-31-October-2024.pdf
6. (11 March 2025). "In cooperation with the Palestinian Ministry of Health UNICEF and Government of Japan Sign Agreement to Improve Health and Nutrition Services for Vulnerable Children and Women in the State of Palestine".
7. "وزارة الصحة الفلسطينية".