The first UK-funded field hospital in the Gaza Strip is being set up and will soon be able to provide services from basic healthcare to surgical procedures.
The field hospital can be set up in as little as 48 hours once it arrives, and will include a pharmacy, triage area, major injuries and resuscitation unit, and maternity care tent.
New UK funding for innovative mobile phone technology is set to transform lives in the world's poorest countries, as Minister for Development and Africa, Andrew Mitchell, announced on Thursday, February 29.
“The Mobile for Development programme has already benefitted more than 100 million people, and the UK's new announcement aims to up the ambition, reaching 110 million additional people, including 60 million women. Together the worlds of development and mobile tech giants can be a powerful force to unlock opportunities and prosperity, and meet the UN Global Goals," he added.
The World Health Organisation is seeking to evacuate the remaining patients stranded at Gaza's second largest hospital. The UN agency is also warning infectious diseases in the Gaza Strip could cause more deaths among Palestinians than the ongoing hostilities in the Israel-Hamas conflict.