{"id":139207,"date":"2026-04-07T13:32:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T10:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.moh.gov.ps\/portal\/?p=139207"},"modified":"2026-04-07T13:35:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T10:35:20","slug":"acting-health-undersecretary-dr-maher-shamia-discusses-strengthening-gazas-health-services-and-recovery-with-who-delegation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moh.gov.ps\/portal\/acting-health-undersecretary-dr-maher-shamia-discusses-strengthening-gazas-health-services-and-recovery-with-who-delegation\/","title":{"rendered":"Acting Health Undersecretary Dr. Maher Shamia Discusses Strengthening Gaza\u2019s Health Services and Recovery with WHO Delegation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:1144px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>Acting Health Undersecretary Dr. Maher Shamia Discusses Strengthening Gaza\u2019s Health Services and Recovery with WHO Delegation<\/p>\n<p>[Gaza \u2013 April 7, 2026]\u2014 Dr. Maher Shamia, the Acting Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health, met today with a delegation from the World Health Organization (WHO) to discuss strategic frameworks for enhancing healthcare services in the Gaza Strip and advancing health recovery efforts.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting addressed a range of critical obstacles and challenges currently hindering the operations of health facilities. Key issues discussed included:<\/p>\n<p>The Chronic Shortage of Medical Supplies: The worsening crisis regarding the lack of essential medicines and medical consumables.<br \/>\nEnergy Infrastructure Crisis:<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.moh.gov.ps\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-139198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moh.gov.ps\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.moh.gov.ps\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.moh.gov.ps\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.moh.gov.ps\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.moh.gov.ps\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.moh.gov.ps\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.moh.gov.ps\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.moh.gov.ps\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/> The acute unavailability of fuel, oils, and necessary spare parts required to operate electrical generators, which are vital for maintaining hospital functions.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Shamia emphasized the urgency of international intervention to mitigate these challenges, ensuring that the healthcare system can continue to provide life-saving services and achieve sustainable recovery levels for the population.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":52,"featured_media":124946,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[381,382,266],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-139207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english","category-latest-news","category-c79-main-title"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.moh.gov.ps\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/logo-2.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moh.gov.ps\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moh.gov.ps\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moh.gov.ps\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moh.gov.ps\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/52"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moh.gov.ps\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.moh.gov.ps\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139207\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moh.gov.ps\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moh.gov.ps\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moh.gov.ps\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moh.gov.ps\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}