JAPAN GRANTS $756.000 TO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES IN GAZA

Ramallah, 13 Jumadil Akhir 1436/2 April 2015 (MINA) – The Government of Japan Wednesday contributed $756,000 in support of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) humanitarian response to women, girls and children in the Gaza Strip.

The grant from the Government of Japan is believed to enable UNFPA to assist an estimated number of 60,000 women and 5,000 children through 210 health care providers, Wafa News Agency quoted by Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA) as reporting.

UNFPA will be working closely together with the Palestinian Ministry of Health as well as national health care centres to ensure access to family planning, safe births, antenatal and post-natal care for pregnant women and women in the reproductive age.

The contribution is a response to 2014 war on the Gaza Strip, which according to UNFPA and Japan’s government created an urgent need of medical supplies, equipment and dignity kits for displaced and marginalised women and girls in the Gaza Strip.

Junya Matsuura, Ambassador for the Palestinian Affairs and Representative of Japan to the Palestinian Authority said, “This grant is a token of support from Japanese people who hold out their hands to improve reproductive health services for the women, girls and children of Palestine. Japan recently decided to disburse USD 100 million mainly through international organizations including UNFPA. UNFPA is one of our important partners to implement humanitarian assistance in Gaza. We continue working closely to make our project a major success”.

UNFPA will be able to reach vulnerable women and strengthen community preparedness and response through mobile outreach teams in isolated and remot