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The Health Sector in Palestine

WebThe average number of physicians per 1,000 people was 2.2 (2.3 in the West Bank and 2.2 in the Gaza Strip). In the same year, Palestine had 11,633 registered nurses. The average number of nurses per 1,000 people was 2.7 (2.2 in the West Bank and 3.4 in the Gaza Strip). The latest statistics for 2015 show that the average number of health

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Health in the Middle East & North Africa

WebIntroduction. The quality of the healthcare system is one of the most important indicators of the well-being of society. The presence of infrastructure and medical personnel is not the only criterium for judging the condition of healthcare. Equal access to medical services is also essential. Like in the rest of the world, the quality of

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Water Quality in Lebanon

WebEnvironmental and health risks. The low water quality in most of Lebanon’s water resources poses major risks to the environment and public health. These risks are already evident, with instances of waterborne diseases including dysentery, hepatitis A, leishmaniosis and typhoid, which mainly affect children. [4]

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Water Quality in Egypt

WebLake Nasser, a man-made lake, serves as Egypt’s national freshwater bank. Egypt recognizes that enhancing water quality management is an essential future means of addressing the issues of water scarcity and healthy water supply. Water quality management has therefore been identified as a critical development goal in government …

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Water Quality in Sudan

WebThe affluent and effluent waters are mixed underground. Further, the pressure is low and water cannot be delivered without the use of booster pumps, which draws the mixed-up waters. In wealthy neighbourhoods, water filters and storage tanks are widely used. The tanks and ‘desert-type’ water coolers provide excellent breeding …

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History of Saudi Arabia

WebThe Arabian Peninsula in ancient times was surrounded by some of the greatest of the early empires. The Byzantine Empire, the successor of the Roman Empire, was situated in the northwest and the Persian Empire in the northeast.The fertile valleys of Mesopotamia were linked to the mountainous kingdoms of the southwest of the …

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Water Quality in KSA

WebMore recently, another study was conducted to evaluate heavy metal contamination and groundwater quality in southern Saudi Arabia. The maximum values of arsenic (As), manganese (Mn), chromium (Cr), nickel (Ni), selenium (Se) and zinc (Zn) were above the permissible limits for drinking water purposes. Pollution indices indicated that …

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Living Conditions in Iraq: Reflection of the Post-War Urban Situation

WebIraq was a middle-income, fast-growing country with a well-developed healthcare system before the Iran-Iraq War in 1980.The eight-year Iran-Iraq War was followed by the 1990 invasion of Kuwait and the 1991 Gulf War, which resulted in 13 years of harsh sanctions.. In 2003, US coalition forces launched a military invasion, which was …

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Water Management in Morocco

WebLegal framework. The passing of Law 10-95 in 1995 was a major breakthrough in Moroccan water policy. The law’s main objective was to rationalize water use, provide universal access to the resource, reduce disparities between cities and villages and ensure water security across the country. The law’s other stated principles include:

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Sudan: Environmental Challenges (2018)

WebThe environmental challenges facing Sudan — a country in east Africa with an area of 1.88 million square kilometers — are major. The country, which has three climatic zones, each with their own biodiversity, is ravaged by war: conflict has broken out in 32.7% of its total area and that consume approximately two thirds of its total budget.

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Syria's Water Crisis

WebSyria’s water situation. Syria’s main freshwater resource is the Euphrates, one of the most iconic rivers in the Middle East and, along with the Tigris, one of the biggest rivers in Western Asia.Originating in Turkey, the Euphrates flows through Syria and Iraq and empties into the Persian Gulf. The level of the Euphrates has dropped significantly in the …

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Society of Turkey

WebAccording to recent estimates, 30 percent of the labor force women are wage earners, added to women in the informal sector who work without pay in family businesses or agricultural production. The situation of women in Turkey is a paradox that cannot be explained solely by patriarchal family structures or the status of women in Islam, or, …

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Water Quality in Syria

WebSurface Water Quality. The Euphrates suffers from high salinity during the irrigation season due to drainage of irrigation effluent. Salinity increases from 400 milliseimens per centimeter (mS/cm) at Jarabulus on the Turkish border to more than 1,000mS/cm at Bukamal on the Iraqi border. This high salinity is a major threat especially …

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Inequality in the Arab Countries: Scope and Causes

WebScope and indicators of inequality in Arab countries. A recent ESCWA report provides a set of metrics that show that, as a result of many security, political, and economic factors, Arab nations together rank first in the world in terms of inequality. In Arab nations, the wealthiest 10% of the population today own 58% of the country’s total wealth.

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Water Management in KSA

WebThe major water-related laws in KSA are summarized in Table 1. The current legislative framework is still subject to the water regime issued in 1980 and is considered to be inadequate. The current legal and legislative system suffers from several problems, namely: limited provisions for resolving water sector disputes.

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Society of Morocco

WebIn 2010, Morocco’s Human Development Index (calculated by the UN Development Programme) was 0.567, below the average of 0.588 for Arab states. Over the past thirty years, it has risen by an average of 1.59 percent annually from 0.351 in 1980. Even so, Morocco’s HDI is lower than might be expected, ranking 130 out of 187, below …

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Reemerging Diseases, Untreated Pollution Could Spell Disaster for

WebMural depicting mask-clad boy in front of the Zouk Thermal Power Plant, north of the Lebanese capital Beirut. JOSEPH EID / AFP. Dana Hourany. Lebanon’s Health Ministry announced on June 17 a spike in the number of Hepatitis A cases that jumped to 590 from 174 only a few days earlier.. The first cases were detected in Tripoli, Lebanon’s …

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