- Title Pages
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 1 The Oslo Accords: Their Context, Their Consequences
- 2 Revisiting 1967: The False Paradigm of Peace, Partition, and Parity
- 3 Champions of Peace? Tools in Whose Hands? Norwegians and Peace Brokering in the Middle East
- 4 The Illusion of Palestinian Sovereignty
- 5 The Oslo Accords and Palestinian Civil Society
- 6 “We Have Opened Doors, Others Have Been Closed”: Women under the Oslo Accords
- 7 After Oslo: A Legal Historical Perspective
- 8 A Legal Perspective on Oslo
- 9 The Oslo Accords: A Common Savior for Israel and the PLO in Exile?
- 10 Out of the Ashes of Oslo: The Rise of Islamism and the Fall of Favoritism
- 11 Hamas in Transition: The Failure of Sanctions
- 12 Palestinian Prisoners from Oslo to Annapolis
- 13 Some Gaza Impressions, Over Two Decades after Oslo
- 14 The Shattered Dream
- 15 Palestinian Identity in the Aftermath of Oslo
- 16 Israeli Impunity
- 17 Public and Primary Healthcare before and after the Oslo Accords: A Personal Reflection
- 18 Facts in the Air: Palestinian Media Expression since Oslo
- 19 Networking Palestine: The Development and Limitations of Television and Telecommunications since 1993
- 20 The European Union and Israel since Oslo
- 21 A War of Ideas: The American Media on Israel and Palestine post Oslo
- 22 Corporate Complicity in Human Rights Abuses under Oslo
Public and Primary Healthcare before and after the Oslo Accords: A Personal Reflection
Public and Primary Healthcare before and after the Oslo Accords: A Personal Reflection
- Chapter:
- (p.201) 17 Public and Primary Healthcare before and after the Oslo Accords: A Personal Reflection
- Source:
- The Oslo Accords
- Author(s):
Haakon Aars
- Publisher:
- American University in Cairo Press
This chapter presents an account of the author's personal experiences and work in Palestine. He worked as Health Delegate for the International Federation of Red Cross/Red Crescent Societies in Palestine from 1998 to 2001. He is a medical doctor, specialized in psychiatry and also holds a master's degree in public health. Topics covered include the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS); the health delegate supporting the PRCS; the political situation and its consequences for public and primary health in 1998–2000; the Second Intifada from September 2000 onward; the situation in Gaza in recent years; and the meaning of the Oslo Accords for public healthcare.
Keywords: Palestine, Oslo Accords, public health, Gaza, primary care, Palestine Red Crescent Society, PRSC, health delegate
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- Title Pages
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 1 The Oslo Accords: Their Context, Their Consequences
- 2 Revisiting 1967: The False Paradigm of Peace, Partition, and Parity
- 3 Champions of Peace? Tools in Whose Hands? Norwegians and Peace Brokering in the Middle East
- 4 The Illusion of Palestinian Sovereignty
- 5 The Oslo Accords and Palestinian Civil Society
- 6 “We Have Opened Doors, Others Have Been Closed”: Women under the Oslo Accords
- 7 After Oslo: A Legal Historical Perspective
- 8 A Legal Perspective on Oslo
- 9 The Oslo Accords: A Common Savior for Israel and the PLO in Exile?
- 10 Out of the Ashes of Oslo: The Rise of Islamism and the Fall of Favoritism
- 11 Hamas in Transition: The Failure of Sanctions
- 12 Palestinian Prisoners from Oslo to Annapolis
- 13 Some Gaza Impressions, Over Two Decades after Oslo
- 14 The Shattered Dream
- 15 Palestinian Identity in the Aftermath of Oslo
- 16 Israeli Impunity
- 17 Public and Primary Healthcare before and after the Oslo Accords: A Personal Reflection
- 18 Facts in the Air: Palestinian Media Expression since Oslo
- 19 Networking Palestine: The Development and Limitations of Television and Telecommunications since 1993
- 20 The European Union and Israel since Oslo
- 21 A War of Ideas: The American Media on Israel and Palestine post Oslo
- 22 Corporate Complicity in Human Rights Abuses under Oslo
