Çatışma bölgelerinde anne ve çocuk sağlığı: Filistin'de sağlık hizmetlerine erişimin önündeki engeller

Yıl 2024, Cilt: 29 Sayı: Special Issue on Gaza, 89 - 95, 28.12.2024

Kadriye Olğaç

https://doi.org/10.21673/anadoluklin.1540264

Öz

Savaşlar, sağlığın sosyal belirleyicilerini ve onu korumak için tasarlanmış olan sağlık sistemlerini bozmaktadır. 7 Ekim 2023’ten beri Filistin’de devam eden işgal özellikle hassas grupta yer alan anne ve çocukların hayatını önemli ölçüde tehlikeye atmaktadır. Filistin’de yaşayan halk, işgalin neden olduğu gıda ve su sorunları, bulaşıcı hastalıkların artması, yaşam koşullarının yetersizliği, ruhsal sorunların artması gibi birçok fiziksel ve psikolojik sorunla karşı karşıya kalmaktadır. Binlerce anne ve çocuk ölümü, yaralanmalar gün geçtikçe artmaya devam etmektedir. Hastanelerin hasar alması, yeterli ekipmanlara ulaşamama gibi faktörler sağlık hizmetlerine erişimi engellemektedir. Hamile kadınların yeterli bir şekilde sağlık hizmetine ulaşamaması anne ve bebek ölümlerinde artış görülmesine neden olmaktadır. Aynı şekilde çocukların sağlık hizmetine ulaşamaması birçok fiziksel ve psikolojik rahatsızlığın artmasına yol açmaktadır. Herkesin sağlık hizmeti alması insani bir hak iken Filistinli anne ve çocuklar bu durumdan mahrum kalmaktadır. Bu nedenle annelerin ve çocukların sağlık sorunlarının ve gereksinimlerinin tespit edilmesi ve yeterli sağlık hizmetlerini alması oldukça önemlidir. Filistinli anne ve çocukların kaliteli bir sağlık hizmetlerine ulaşmalarının sadece ahlaki bir zorunluluk değil, korunması ve desteklenmesi gereken temel bir insan hakkı olduğu unutulmamalıdır. Bu derlemenin amacı da; Filistin’de işgal sırasında anne ve çocukların sağlık hizmetlerine ulaşamamasının sonuçlarına değinmek, farkındalık yaratmak ve bu durumu tüm Dünya’ya duyurabilmektir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Anne sağlığı, çocuk sağlığı, Filistin, sağlık hizmetleri, sağlık hizmetlerinin ulaşılabilirliği

Etik Beyan

Bu çalışma derleme çalışması olduğu için etik kurul onayına gerek yoktur.

Maternal and child health in conflict zones: Obstacles to access to health services in Palestine

Öz

Wars disrupt the social determinants of health and the health systems designed to protect it. Since 7 October 2023, the ongoing occupation in Palestine has significantly endangered the lives of mothers and children, especially those in the vulnerable group. People living in Palestine face many physical and psychological problems caused by the occupatin, such as food and water problems, increased infectious diseases, inadequate living conditions and increased mental problems. Thousands of mother and child deaths and injuries continue to increase day by day. Factors such as damage to hospitals and lack of access to adequate equipment prevent access to health services. The inability of pregnant women to access adequate health services leads to an increase in maternal and infant mortality. Similarly, children’s inability to access health services leads to an increase in many physical and psychological disorders. While it is a human right for everyone to receive health services, Palestinian mothers and children are deprived of this situation. Therefore, it is very important to identify the health problems and needs of mothers and children and to ensure that they receive adequate health services. It should not be forgotten that access to quality health care for Palestinian mothers and children is not only a moral obligation, but a fundamental human right that must be protected and promoted. The aim of this compilation is to address the consequences of the inability of mothers and children to access health services during the occupation in Palestine, to raise awareness and to announce this situation to the whole world.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Accessibility of health services, child health, health services, Maternal health, Palestine

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