Boosting breastfeeding: Bringing postnatal care to the doorstep in Gaza, State of Palestine, 2020

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Mothers and babies in the Gaza Strip face important health and nutrition challenges as the result of the protracted political and humanitarian crisis affecting the occupied Palestinian territory. A UNICEF mapping of the multidimensional aspects of poverty for
Palestinian children under 5 found that malnutrition, violence and limited access to clean water were the most common forms of deprivation.1 Since 1967, Israeli military occupation has imposed severe restrictions on access and movement, with sporadic
escalations of unrest and violence. The poverty rate in Gaza has reached nearly 60 per cent, with deep poverty at more than 42 per cent.2